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Sunday 19 May

A group of armed Islamists gather in Gao, the biggest city in northern Mali, which is now under their control, on September 21, 2012. Canada is considering sending troops to Mali to help train its army as it seeks to take back the north, Defense Minister Peter MacKay said Monday.

Bulletin: Canada mulls joining Mali training effort

Bulletin: Canada mulls joining Mali training effort

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Malian military junta supporters surround a car loaded with soldiers at Bamako airport on March 29, 2012. Mali's new Prime Minister Diango Cissoko wants military intervention by an African force to help take back the Islamist-controlled north "as quickly as possible".

Bulletin: Mali PM calls for swift African military action

Bulletin: Mali PM calls for swift African military action

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Ivory Coast soldiers on patrol in the Yopougon district of Abidjan on December 21, 2012. Armed men attacked a gendarmerie barracks in the main Ivory Coast city of Abidjan overnight, while a separate armed group attacked an army post to the north, military and UN sources said.

Bulletin: Gunmen attack Ivory Coast military targets

Bulletin: Gunmen attack Ivory Coast military targets

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Mali's former premier Cheick Modibo Diarra (L) arrives alongside his successor and replacement Prime Minister Diango Cissoko for a December 13, 2012, ceremony and press conference dedicated to the official handover. Cissoko vowed Thursday to have a working government in place by next week.

Bulletin: New Mali PM's 'priority' is to regain control of north

Bulletin: New Mali PM's 'priority' is to regain control of north

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Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra, pictured on 29 August 2012, quit Tuesday under pressure from former putschists opposed to a regional military intervention against Islamists controlling the north, a move that drew international condemnation.

Bulletin: Mali PM arrested by soldiers

Bulletin: Mali PM arrested by soldiers

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Sudan's Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Salah Wansi Khair (right) receives South Sudan's incumbent Defence Minister John Kong Nyuon at Khartoum airport. The defence ministers of Sudan and South Sudan cut short talks on demilitarising the tense border and other security issues but negotiations are going well.

Bulletin: Talks cut short between Sudan, South Sudan

Bulletin: Talks cut short between Sudan, South Sudan

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AU soldiers from Uganda look at weapons recovered from members of Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab after they gave themselves up in Garsale, some 10km from Jowhar, in September 2012. African Union troops and Somali forces seized the formerly Islamist-held town of Jowhar Sunday, wresting control of one of the largest remaining towns held by the Shebab, officials said.

Bulletin: African Union, Somali troops capture Islamist stronghold

Bulletin: African Union, Somali troops capture Islamist stronghold

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Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLA-N) rebel soldiers train in the Nuba Mountians in South Kordofan, April 2012. Progress on demilitarising the tense border between Sudan and South Sudan is uncertain, observers said, as the south's Defence Minister John Kong arrived in Khartoum for security talks.

Bulletin: 'Touch and go' ahead of Sudan-South Sudan talks

Bulletin: 'Touch and go' ahead of Sudan-South Sudan talks

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An Iranian navy special forces soldier (right) stands guard on Iran's Corvette Admiral Naghdi docked in Port Sudan, in October. Two Iranian warships docked in Port Sudan on Saturday, a witness said, marking the second port call by the Iranian navy in Sudan in five weeks.

Bulletin: Iran warships dock in Sudan: witness

Bulletin: Iran warships dock in Sudan: witness

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French colonel Eric Burgaud arrives at the Criminal Court in Paris, on November 27, 2012, prior to the opening of his trial for complicity in the murder of Ivorian Firmin Mahe in 2005 along with four former military Frenchmen of the French military force, Operation Licorne (Unicorn). Burgaud accused his boss General Poncet of ordering the killing.

Bulletin: Jail sought for French troops over I. Coast killing

Bulletin: Jail sought for French troops over I. Coast killing

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