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is not totally alone. The United Nations Security Council has approved a force of more than three thousand soldiers from African countries—including Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Togo—but they need to be trained first, and are not expected to be ready to deploy before September. Nigerian troops, ho

nstitution suspended. On 6 April 2012, rebels from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) declared the secession of a new state, Azawad, from Mali. Shortly after, the MNLA were sidelined by Islamist groups associated with Al-Qaeda[citation needed], and dropped their demands for seces

fer financial support from the United Nations. While a detailed military plan has yet to be drafted, the idea has been for about 3,30o troops from Nigeria and other African countries to help Mali's military mount a campaign against the militants. France, the United States and other countries would help

In the days after the military coup, the Tuareg rebels seized much of the desert expanse in northern Mali, declaring it an independent state called Azawad. But the Tr rai •ebels — called the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, known as the — were then pushed into the background by the fie

EFTA00598395 The West African regional grouping Ecowas agreed to launch a coordinated military expedition to recapture the north at a meeting in Nigeria in November, with UN backing. Preparations are expected to take several months. Music stars Despite its political travails, Mali is renowned world

closer to the government-held south-west. In November they say they and al-Qaeda fighters capture Menaka, a town on the border with Niger, from the Azawad Tuareg rebels. 2012 November - The West African regional grouping Ecowas agrees to launch a coordinated military expedition to recapture the north