US Calls on Mali Government to Sever Ties with Northern Militia

The U.S. ambassador to Mali has accused the government of maintaining relations with a militia widely blamed for rising tensions that risk undermining a fragile peace process in the country's desert north. His comments were the latest indication that key donors to the West African state are taking a harder line toward the government, which denies all ties to Gatia — a mostly Tuareg militia opposed to pro-independence fighters in the north. "The Malian government should put a...

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