Mali: A Ticking Time Bomb

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2012 · People & Blogs

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Once hailed as a model of democracy in Africa, Mali faces the destruction of its ancient heritage sites and an uprising of Islamist militants in the north. CNN's Errol Barnett reports.

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Daily Life in Islamist Northern Mali
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-trip-through-hell-daily-life-in-islamist-controlled-north-mali-a-864014.html
"Sharia law has been in effect there since last spring, when fundamentalists took control of a large part of the country, which had been considered a model nation until then. The fundamentalists stone adulturers, amputate limbs and squelch all opposition. They have destroyed tombs in Timbuktu that were recognized as a UNESCO world heritage site. Despite the risks, Paul Hyacinthe Mben, 39, a SPIEGEL employee and journalist in the capital Bamako , which is not yet under Islamist control, ventured into northern Mali."

A ticking time bomb: What's behind the instability in Mali?
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/21/world/africa/mali-q-a/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

International leaders push for military intervention in Mali
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/19/world/africa/mali-intervention-meeting/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

Mali Islamists destroy tombs in Timbuktu
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/18/world/africa/mali-shrines/index.html?iref=allsearch

World food day: Mali hunger crisis deepens
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/16/world/africa/mali-world-food-day/index.html?iref=allsearch

U.N. Security Council seeks detailed Mali military intervention plan 
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/13/world/africa/mali-un-resolution/index.html?iref=allsearch

Fear grows as Mali extremists compile list of unmarried mothers 
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/12/world/africa/mali-women-lists/index.html?iref=allsearch

Amputations and Killings Shake an Embattled Mali
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/world/africa/in-mali-islamists-maim-robbery-suspects.html?_r=0

Mali Islamists take over town as chaos continues
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/01/world/africa/mali-rebels/index.html?iref=allsearch

Islamists: Two stoned to death for committing adultery in Mali
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/02/islamists-two-stoned-to-death-for-committing-adultery-in-mali/?iref=allsearch

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