Mali

On 26 January 2013, French forces liberated the city of Gao in Mali after it had endured a 10-month-long occupation by Islamic extremists calling themselves the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and its close ally, Ansar Dine. MUJAO was established as recently as mid-2011 as a Black African offshoot of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) because its fighters thought the parent organisation "too Algeria" focused. In Mali, where the population for the most part pract...

Graeme Mackay Jun 12, 2013

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Sarmistha Acharya Jun 05, 2013

Features comparison between Samsung's newly announced Galaxy S4 Mini and Galaxy S3 Mini.

Sarmistha Acharya Jun 03, 2013

Police looking for North African man after French soldier was stabbed as strong link suspected between Woolwich and Paris incidents.

Vasudevan Sridharan May 26, 2013

President Francois Hollande says France will keep on fighting terrorists in Mali after bomb at Areva uranium mine.

Umberto Bacchi May 24, 2013

Step-by-step guide to install Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean based SlimBean Build 5.5 ROM on Galaxy S3 GT-I9300

Vinod Yalburgi May 22, 2013

Five girls abused by staff at Awaaz Foundation in Kanota, Rajasthan over the last year.

Umberto Bacchi May 21, 2013

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 expected to feature power-packed hardware including Exynos Octa CPU and Octa-Core Mali 450 GPU.

Vinod Yalburgi May 03, 2013

N'Djamena says gang including opposition MP Saleh Makki arrested for plotting to destabilise Chad.

Umberto Bacchi May 02, 2013

French president Francois Hollande says attack targets all countries fighting terrorism.

Umberto Bacchi Apr 23, 2013

Strong demand for chips from manufacturers of smartphones and tablets help the company's results.

Jerin Mathew Apr 23, 2013

Spanish ministry says al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb suspects have similar profile to Boston bombers.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Apr 23, 2013

Essam el-Erian says Boston attack linked with French interventions against al-Qaida

Gianluca Mezzofiore Apr 16, 2013

Timbuktu residents asked to look after camel presented to French president dine out on it instead.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Apr 10, 2013

Hungry villagers can't resist animal gifted to French president for defeating Islamists

Dominic Gover Apr 09, 2013

Highly-anticipated Galaxy Note 8.0 device goes on sale at Samsung Experience store in Westfields Stratford City shopping centre in east London.

Vinod Yalburgi Apr 09, 2013

Elections in Mali are expected in July but Islamist militants are ready to return

Gianluca Mezzofiore Apr 04, 2013

The pope called for peace in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia in his first Easter Sunday Urbis et Orbis address to thousands of pilgrims in Rome.

Tom Porter Mar 31, 2013

Paris police evacuate area and launch combing operation before declaring area safe.

Staff Reporter Mar 31, 2013

Detailed feature comparison between Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Galaxy Note 2.

Sarmistha Acharya Mar 15, 2013

As French troops and their allies start their tenth week fighting against Muslim militants and terrorists in Northern Mali, opinion in one of the world's poorer countries remains firmly in favour of the intervention by France, the old colonial power, in the country's struggle against the extremists which so nearly brought down the country's government. If the fundamentalists had reached Bamako, the capital, it is more than likely that the victorious Islamists would have imposed the str...

Graeme Mackay Mar 11, 2013

Seven hostages from Greece, Italy and Lebanon who were kidnapped by militants are said to have been executed.

Timur Moon Mar 10, 2013

Check out stunning photographs of colourful and exotic African headwear.

Simi John Mar 09, 2013

France's defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says Mali had terrorist structure able to accommodate young radicals from Europe.

Umberto Bacchi Mar 08, 2013

Mystery surrounds image of ringleader who led rebels in raid on In Amenas gas plant.

Umberto Bacchi Mar 05, 2013

Algeria's In Amenas gas plant attack mastermind Belmokhtar 'leading the fighting' against Chadian forces.

Dominic Gover Mar 04, 2013

Death of militant behind Algeria’s In Amenas gas plant siege regarded as blow to al-Qaida.

Vasudevan Sridharan Mar 03, 2013

HTC One takes on Samsung's Galaxy S3 in battle of heavyweight quad-core smartphones.

Vinod Yalburgi Mar 02, 2013

Militant was reportedly involved in killing of British tourist Edwin Dyer in 2009.

Vasudevan Sridharan Mar 02, 2013

A detailed feature comparison of the two leading tablet rivals, Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 and Apple iPad Mini.

Vinod Yalburgi Mar 01, 2013