LE BOURGET, France (AP) — A series of crew failures likely caused the 2014 Air Algerie crash in Mali, air accident investigators said Friday Apr.22 , although they said they were not assigning responsibility for the disaster that killed 116 people. France’s Analysis and Investigations Bureau (BEA) says the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 went down on … Continue reading
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali began a three-day mourning period with flags flying at half-staff on Monday for victims of the assault on a luxury hotel full of foreigners, a day after a dueling claim of responsibility emerged. The Islamic extremist group, Al-Mourabitoun, that first claimed responsibility for Friday’s assault issued a new audio recording … Continue reading
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s president announced on Wednesday that he would bestow medals on the 19 people killed during an assault at a luxury hotel in the capital last week, as funerals were held for three of its employees. “All Malians are moved today,” Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said while announcing the awarding of the … Continue reading
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists attacked an army checkpoint in Timbuktu early Tuesday, killing at least two soldiers and injuring one, the government said. Another soldier is missing and a search has been launched for the extremists who carried out the attacks with automatic weapons, Mali’s government said in a statement. A security … Continue reading
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A Dutch national who was held in captivity by Islamic militants for more than three years has left Mali and is headed back home, officials said Tuesday. Sjaak Rijke, who was abducted from a hotel in northern Mali in November 2011, flew into Mali’s capital Bamako on Tuesday. He stepped out … Continue reading
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