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Islamist extremists burn Timbuktu library

Malian soldiers lining up to embark on French army transport bound for Goa on January 26 2013 in Sevare ©AFP

French and Malian forces take control of city airport

Malian soldiers lining up to embark on French army transport bound for Goa on January 26 2013 in Sevare ©AFP Jan 27, 2013

Soldiers comb Timbuktu for rebels

Few clashes reported after swift military advance

Airport of Gao in Mali ©AFP Jan 27, 2013

French and Malian forces reach Timbuktu

Fast-moving offensive closes in on rebels

A French soldier stands guard as a villager looks on in front of pickup trucks used by Islamist rebels in Diabaly ©Reuters Jan 25, 2013

Day a one-eyed jihadist came to Timbuktu

Arrival of Mokhtar Belmokhtar heralded upheaval

Jan 24, 2013

Questions raised on In Amenas security

Oil bosses defend not using private guards at Algerian gas plant

Jan 24, 2013

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FT Seasonal Appeal: Dan McCrum reports on how charities are doing more with less in straitened times

Jan 24, 2013

Fears of violence overshadow Kenya poll

People worry post-election ethnic clashes of 2008 will be repeated

Jan 24, 2013

Mali rebel faction calls for peace talks

Breakaway group from Ansar Dine rejects terrorism

Jan 23, 2013

UK military ties to Kenya reviewed

Commanders encouraged to confine soldiers to barracks

From UK Jan 22, 2013

Cameron Algeria intervention raises terrorism questions

Experts say African terror groups unable to mount British attack

Jan 22, 2013

ANC attacks bank over ad campaign

South Africa ruling party accuses FNB of ‘random and untested accusations’

From EUROPE Jan 21, 2013

France and US bicker over fuel

Mali mission needs air tankers

Jan 21, 2013

Hollande pressed to spell out Mali objectives

Opposition fears military mission carries risk of embroilment

Global Insight Jan 21, 2013

Bloody past shapes fortress Algeria’s reflex

The progress of al-Qaeda radicals was underestimated

Jan 21, 2013

Algeria defends assault to free hostages

PM says militants were preparing to kill foreign captives

Jan 21, 2013

Nigerian found guilty over Abuja bombings

Henry Okah convicted of terrorism for his part in 2010 car blasts

Jan 21, 2013

Eritrean troop movement sparks coup fears

Soldiers reported to have surrounded information ministry

Jan 21, 2013

West faces ‘decades’ of conflict in N Africa

More than 80 reported dead in Algeria hostage crisis

Jan 21, 2013

French and Malian troops retake towns

Islamists flee Diabaly and Douentza to evade air strikes

Jan 20, 2013

Muslim leader attacked in Nigeria

Suspicion falls on Islamist insurgent group

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