Violence in Mali Continues Despite French Efforts

President Francois Hollande of France warns that the Sahel region in Africa remains a security threat. His comments came Thursday in the Ivory Coast as an Islamist group claimed responsibility for a suicide bomber attack that killed a French soldier and injured six others earlier this week in northern Mali. Abu Assem Al-Muhajir, a spokesman for the group Al-Mourabitoun, said the attack was carried out  in response to claims made by the French that they had annihilated the Islamic...

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