Mali unrest

• Friday 08 February, 2013 15:32:57

  First suicide bombing reported in Mali

  A suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint in northern Mali, killing only himself, in the first known suicide bombing since French military forces intervened in the country.

• Thursday 24 January, 2013 10:14:20

  Split emerges in Mali rebel group

  One wing of Mali’s Ansar Dine rebel group has split off to create its own movement, saying that they want to negotiate a solution to the crisis in Mali.

• Tuesday 22 January, 2013 08:38:55

  Mali troops retake strategic town

  Malian forces have regained control of the strategic town that was under extreme Islamist rule for four months, as the French-led military intervention pushed northwards in its second week.

• Monday 21 January, 2013 12:43:07

  French troops retake key Mali town

  French troops, backed by helicopters and planes, have advanced on the key Malian town of Diabaly, seized a week ago by Islamic extremists.

• Sunday 20 January, 2013 12:32:06

  Islamists routed from key Mali town

  Radical Islamists have fled a key Malian town on foot following French air strikes.