ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS ATTACK TIMBUKTU IN NORTH MALI
By BABA AHMED and RUKMINI CALLIMACH FILE In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, a Malian soldier walks in Gao, northern Mali. Timbuktu has been hit by a prolonged battle…
West Africa
C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC HOSPITALS LOOTED AFTER COUP
By JOSE RICHARD POUAMBI and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI FILE – In this Jan. 7, 2013 file photo, Central African Republic rebel leader Michel Djotodia arrives ahead of planned peace talks with…
C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC PRESIDENT FLEES TO CAMEROON
By EMMANUEL TUMANJONG and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Foto del 2 de enero del 2013 de un soldado de Chad que apoya al presidente de la República Centroafricana Francois Bozize, cerca de…
C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC PRESIDENT FLEES REBEL ATTACK
C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC PRESIDENT FLEES REBEL ATTACK FILE – In this Jan. 5, 2013 file photo, government security forces in a pickup truck drive past a demonstration calling for peace…
FRANCE CONFIRMS DEATH OF AL-QAIDA CHIEF ABOU ZEID
GREG KELLER French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, left, and Mali’s Foreign Minister Tieman Coulibaly, right, pose for journalists after a meeting in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (AP…