Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

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  Mali President Announces Resignation On State TV After Military Coup

  Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation with immediate effect in the early hours of Wednesday morning, a day after rebel soldiers launched a coup.

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  Mali's President Announces Resignation After Rebel Troops Launch Coup

  Mali's president said he was resigning to avoid "bloodshed" early Wednesday, hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed a months-long political crisis in the fragile West African nation.

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  32 Fulani Civilians Killed In Mali Attack: Report

  At least 32 civilians were killed and 10 are missing following an attack in central Mali, believed to have been carried out by traditional hunters, local officials said Sunday, as the government said 16 bodies had been found.

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  Accidental Hero: The Muslim Who Saved Jews In Paris Attack

  Lassana Bathily was an undocumented migrant from Mali until he became an unlikely hero by saving shoppers' lives during the jihadist attack on a Jewish supermarket in Paris a year ago.

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  Mali Hotel Reopens After Deadly Islamist Siege

  Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Tuesday hailed the reopening of a luxury hotel at the centre of a deadly Islamist attack, saying it was a victory over the scourge of jihadist violence.

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  Mali in Mourning After At Least 27 Killed in Hotel Attack

  Mali today began three days of national mourning and declared a state of emergency after a nine-hour siege by jihadist gunmen at a top hotel in the capital left at least 27 people dead.

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  'Freedom!': Freed Dutch Hostage Arrives in Mali Capital

  A Dutch hostage freed after being held by Al-Qaeda's north African arm in Mali for more than three years arrived in the capital Bamako on Tuesday, shouting "freedom!" as he exited his plane.

• Mali's President Recalls French Help Against Insurgency at Paris Rally

  Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said Sunday his participation at a massive rally in Paris against terrorism carried special significance as it came exactly two years after French troops launched an offensive against Islamists in his country.

• Mali President Names Modibo Keita as New Prime Minister

  Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita named a former Head of government, Modibo Keita, as the new Prime Minister on Thursday after the previous government resigned, state television said.

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  No More Ebola Cases in Mali: President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

  Mali has no more confirmed cases of Ebola after the last patient known to be suffering from the virus was cured, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said on Saturday.

• Mali Opens Judicial Inquiry Into Air Algerie Crash

  Mali has opened a judicial probe into the Air Algerie plane disaster as part of international efforts to determine the cause of the crash, Mali's Minister of Solidarity and Humanitarian Action said on Sunday.

• Mali Urges Aggressive Overhaul of UN Peacekeeping Mission

  Mali called on the United Nations to speed up deploying the remainder of its promised 12,000-member peacekeeping force and station more troops in the West African nation's turbulent north.

• France Calls for 'Immediate' Release of Mali Hostages

  French President Francois Hollande on Monday demanded the release of top civil servants and others taken hostage in Mali's north after deadly clashes between separatists and the army.

• French troops kill deputy to veteran Islamist

  French Special Forces have killed the second-in-command of the veteran Islamist commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar in an operation in Mali's northern region of Tessalit, security sources said on Thursday.

• Former Prime Minister favourite for president as Malians vote to end crisis

  Former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was the favourite to win a presidential election on Sunday that Malians hope will restore stability in a country torn apart by last year's coup and Islamist insurgency.