Islamic Militants in Mali End Ceasefire With Government
International intervention is scheduled for later this year
International intervention is scheduled for later this year
French officers are preparing to train Malian troops
The UN authorizes a French-backed intervention to rout out insurgents. The US will of course be involved
France has pushed a resolution authorizing African forces to enter the country
Al Qaeda-linked militants in northern Mali causing concerns
Want a multinational African force to enter the country
Military mission would enter northern Mali to rout out insurgents out of Libya
Brutality against the local population is intensifying
Seeking to boot Al Qaeda from the north of the country
Clustered in urban areas, they're much less vulnerable
Because the death and destruction elsewhere is getting stale
The blowback from the Libyan intervention continues in North and West Africa
Looks likely to play an advisory and logistic role
Aim to displace militants in the North, many of whom are there because of a previous intervention in Libya
Want to retake land seized by Al Qaeda-linked groups
Northern region of the North-African country dominated by militants
Government soldiers were displaced in late March and early April
USAID called Mali an "enlightened democracy." Things have changes since Islamists flooded in after the Libya War.