Mali: A Ticking Time Bomb
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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2012 · People & Blogs
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. Would you like to know more? 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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