Amid Talk Of Mali Exit, French Forces Find War In North Still Hot, Not Yet Over -- Christian Science Monitor/Reuters
African and western nations looking for post-war structures: 'There will never, ever be a solution if you don't talk to the Tuaregs,' says Jeremy Keenan, British expert on East Africa.
French and Malian troops are fighting Islamist rebels in the Sahara outside northern Mali's biggest town, France's defense minister said on Wednesday, describing the desert campaign against Al Qaeda as a "real war" that was far from won.
After driving the Islamists from north Mali's main towns with three weeks of air strikes and a lightning ground advance, France is now pursuing them in the remote northeast where pro-autonomy Tuaregs are pressing their own territorial claims.
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Stretched in Timbuktu, French wait for African reinforcements -- Reuters
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France Plans to Start Reducing Forces in Mali -- Bloomberg
Report: French may start leaving Mali in March -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
France may begin Mali withdrawal within weeks -- The Guardian
France: Mali withdrawal is in sight -- Christian Science Monitor
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Mali: the crisis is not over -- Simon Allison, The Guardian
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Troops quit city as French force is accused of retreating too soon -- Independent.ie
Stretched in Timbuktu, French wait for African reinforcements -- Reuters
The remote mountains of northern Mali - perfect for guerrillas -- BBC
France Plans to Start Reducing Forces in Mali -- Bloomberg
Report: French may start leaving Mali in March -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
France may begin Mali withdrawal within weeks -- The Guardian
France: Mali withdrawal is in sight -- Christian Science Monitor
French army to pull out of Mali within weeks -- Euronews
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