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Intervention and peace-building in Mali

May 1, 2013

The countdown has started for the deployment in July of some 12,000 UN troops and police to Mali - the latest step in international efforts to wrest control of its restive north from Islamists.

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French soldiers patrol in the Terz valley, about 60 km (37 miles) south of the town of Tessalit in northern Mali, March 21, 2013. France has deployed some 4,000 troops to Mali, alongside a regional African force, in a nine-week operation that has driven Islamists into desert hideaways and mountains near the Algerian border. Picture taken March 21. REUTERS/Francois Rihouay (MALI - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
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Rebuilding Mali

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Bundeswehr in Mali

German military trainers take up their duties under EU Mali mission
April 30, 2013
A soldier with a gun. AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET

UN troops for Mali

The UN Security Council has given its unanimous approval to a Mali peacekeeping force.
April 26, 2013
Chadian soldiers form a line with their armoured vehicles in the northeastern town of Kidal, Mali, February 7, 2013. Around 1,000 troops from Chad led by the president's son advanced towards the mountains of northeast Mali on Thursday to join French search-and-destroy operations hunting Islamist jihadists. Picture taken February 7, 2013. REUTERS/Cheick Diouara (MALI - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Chad to withdraw from Mali

Chad's parliament has voted overwhelmingly to begin withdrawing the country's 2,250 troops from Mali. Soldiers from Chad have played an instrumental role in rooting out Islamists in Mali's mountainous northern region.
April 15, 2013
Malian soldiers patrol in the streets of Timbuktu on February 1, 2013, as French-led troops worked today to secure the last Islamist stronghold in the north after a lightning offensive against the extremists. The fabled desert city of Timbuktu, an ancient centre of Islamic learning, has been recaptured on January 28 by French-led forces in their offensive against Islamist rebels who have been occupying Mali's north since last April. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Clashes in Timbuktu

Islamist militants have launched an attack on Timbuktu in northern Mali, penetrating the city center. French forces have deployed to help the Malian military repel the Islamist fighters.
March 31, 2013
The head of the German contingent for to Mali, Major Gunnar Kratz in front of his troops at the airport in Dakar in mid-March.Photo: Christoph Sator dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

EUTM starts work in Mali

Soldiers from a number of European Union countries have begun a mission to train Mali's national army. The West African country has been forced to seek outside help in its battle against Islamist insurgents.
April 2, 2013