Mali succeeded in restoring interim authorities to its northern cities of Timbuktu and Menaka on Thursday, ending a standoff with armed Tuareg factions that had prevented the transfer of power. The return of state authority to the north is meant to fill a power vacuum that has turned northern Mali[…]
Judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday agreed there was enough evidence to put an alleged Malian Judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday agreed there was enough evidence to put an alleged Malian jihadist on trial for the destruction of the centuries-old world heritage site of Timbuktu.[…]
OPINION by Graham Dominy This week the International Criminal Court (ICC) considered charges against Ahmad al-Faqi al Mahdi, a member of the violent and militant Islamic sect, Ansar Dine, operating in the Sahara and Sahel regions of West Africa. What is unique about this case is that al-Faqi is charged with[…]
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