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Mali: Gunmen kidnap 3 paramilitary police, wound 2 in attackBAMAKO, Mali : Authorities in northern Mali are searching for assailants who attacked a military base overnight, wounding two paramilitary police in a gunbattle and kidnapping three others, the army said.
Source : Topix.net | 24-Jul-2008 06:19
AFRICA: Homophobia fuelling the spread of HIV
LIMB <, 23 July 2008 - The persistent and increasing outbreaks of violence against members of the gay community in Africa are jeopardising efforts undertaken to combat HIV, both within this group and across the ...
Source : Topix.net | 23-Jul-2008 19:24
Message from Mali
HH THE Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani has received a letter from Mali President Amadou Toumani Toure dealing with bilateral relations and matters of mutual concern.
Source : Topix.net | 22-Jul-2008 04:25
Cross-country trekker has Anderson ties
As part of his 4,000-mile cross-country bicycle trek, the Rev. Bruce Overstreet will visit Anderson - he expects it to be on Monday - in an effort to raise money for renovations to a small West African ...
Source : Topix.net | 21-Jul-2008 09:04
Mali: Balafon museum for Sikasso
Sociolingo's Africa reports on a new museum to be created in Sikasso, Mali. It will be the first museum designed to preserve the heritage of the balafon , an African xylophene played in Mali, Burkina Faso, ...
Source : Topix.net | 21-Jul-2008 01:01
The First Rural Women Heroes of Tombouctou
This film about two illiterate women who are ordinary but did extraordinary work for their villages.
Source : Topix.net | 20-Jul-2008 02:13
Airmen donate clothes, sports items to Malian
Months of hard work came to fruition for Airmen from Aviano Air Base, Italy, when they delivered boxes of clothing to a local orphanage July 16 in Mali.
Source : Topix.net | 18-Jul-2008 02:09
Malians learn life-saving techniques during exercise
In a dimly lit, dusty classroom, 32 Malian medics and nurses received their first-ever mass casualty training July 15 in Kati, Mali, 15 kilometers outside the capital city of Bamako.
Source : Topix.net | 17-Jul-2008 01:30
Mali: Thousands Still Live in Slavery in North
People continue to be enslaved in northern Mali, according to Malian human rights organisation Temedt, despite a widespread belief that slavery no longer exists in the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Jul-2008 14:31
Medical team deploys to Mali for MEDFLAG 08
More than 90 servicemembers deployed to Bamako, Mali, July 11 for MEDFLAG 08, a multinational medical training exercise designed to enhance medical capabilities and readiness for U.S. and African forces.
Source : Topix.net | 15-Jul-2008 03:20
Mali: Children Enslaved At Young Ages
Iddar Ag Ogazide, a black Tamasheq, was born in 1973 at Tinahamma near Ansongo in northern Mali, 1350km north of Bamako.
Source : Topix.net | 14-Jul-2008 19:18