Mali gunman kills 3 at aid distribution point
11 days ago
Abda Ag Kazina, the deputy mayor of Kidal, said Monday another person was seriously injured in the weekend attack in a village near Menaka.
Malian military prepares for Kidal offensive
16 days ago
The spokesman for the Malian military confirms that the army is preparing for an assault on Kidal, the last rebel-held town in northern Mali.
Tuareg leaders announce new group in northern Mali
18 days ago
However, it has opposed the presence of the Malian military in Kidal, accusing Malian soldiers of carrying out human rights abuses against the local population.
Militia official: 6 killed in bomb in north Mali
86 days ago
Ag Alghabas Intalla, a leader of the Islamic Movement of Azawad, or MIA, said the suicide bomber exploded his car Tuesday evening at a checkpoint at an entrance to Kidal.
Mali rebels fighting in Gao; car explodes in Kidal
92 days ago
In Kidal, a town further north where control by French and Chad forces has been tentative, a car explosion in a mechanics garage killed two, including the driver and a security guard, a resident...
Islamist retreat in Mali was orderly, witnesses say, suggesting force will...
106 days ago
Then, when the planes had left, they sped away in two groups, past an old military camp and Ahangase's house, toward Kidal.
Foreign troops move on Kidal in northern Mali
108 days ago
While their forces took control of Kidal's airport some time ago, it's not clear why they did not take Kidal city with the same swiftness as they took Gao and Timbuktu.
French troops to quit Timbuktu this week
109 days ago
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on France-Inter radio Monday that the strikes hit the Kidal region, near the border with Algeria, for the second night in a row.
French aerial assault in Mali targets 20 sites
109 days ago
"It was an important aerial operation to the north of the town Kidal and in the Tessalit region where we targeted logistical depots and Islamist training camps ...
French army continues strikes in northern Mali
110 days ago
French troops bombarded Islamist sites in Kidal and Tessalit in northern Mali overnight Saturday into Sunday, according to a defense official Sunday who spoke on condition of anonymity because he...