
France rejects reports of airstrike on Mali wedding
France denies reports its airstrike killed wedding party guests in a Mali's Mopti town.
French military denies reports that its airstrike hit a wedding party in Mali’s MOPTI region killing more than 20 people, including children at the weekend.
We examine whether a state of emergency on rape declared by Nigeria states last year is producing the desired results.
A look back at the 2011 Arab Spring which started this week ten years ago when a market trader set himself on fire after he was humiliated and cheated by corrupt officials in Tunisia sparking widespread protests across the Middle East.
Picture: A French soldier of the 93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment, part of the French Army's "Operation Barkhane", an anti-terrorist operation in the Sahel, looks through binoculars while patrolling on an armoured vehicle a track between M'Bouna and Goundam in the Timbuktu region on June 5, 2015, during the joint operation "La Madine 3". Credit: PHILIPPE DESMAZES via Getty Images)
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