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MOPTI, Mali, February 12 (UNHCR) - The ancient city of Mopti, with its mud-built mosque, sits on a bend where the waters of West Africa's longest river, the Niger, are joined by those of its smaller ...
News Mali » Mopti » Religion: Mali's Islamist conflict spreads as new militant group emerges
BAMAKO/SEVARE, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Imam Elhadji Sekou Ba was one of the few people in his village of Barkerou who dared to speak out against the rise of Islamist militants in central Mali, denouncing ...
News Mali » Mopti » Religion: JNIM and allied rebels surge across Mali, take several cities, pressure capital
Members of Al Qaeda’s Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM). Beginning on Saturday, Al Qaeda’s Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), and its allies in the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA ...
News Mali » Mopti » Religion: Why an armed group linked to al‑Qaida is gaining ground in Mali
Mali’s military regime is coming under increasing pressure from Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an armed group linked to al-Qaida that now controls large swathes of territory across the ...
News Mali » Mopti » Religion: Timeline: How Mali went from democracy beacon to instability
Mali’s security crisis has worsened since rival armed groups have allied and launched coordinated attacks across the country. Al-Qaeda-linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has claimed ...