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December 28, 2020
Jacob Silverman
France Is Flooding Africa With Fake News
The former colonial power isn’t just a victim of Russian disinformation. It’s waging a similar propaganda campaign in Mali and other countries in the Sahel region.
November 20, 2015
Alex Shephard
No more hostages are being held in the Malian hotel that was attacked by Islamists this morning, but at least 27 are dead.
April 25, 2013
Yochi Dreazen
The Brazen Bibliophiles of Timbuktu
How a team of sneaky librarians duped Al Qaeda
February 28, 2013
Hannah Armstrong
Winning the War, Losing the Peace in Mali
After the fighting, Mali's ethnic tensions continue to fester
January 31, 2013
Anna Badkhen
Mali Burns, Malians Shrug
The fighting hits Timbuktu, but soccer's still on television.
January 15, 2013
David A. Bell
The War in Mali is a Reminder of France's Grand Malaise
November 29, 2012
Daniel Byman
Al Qaeda’s Not as Battered as Obama Thinks
October 19, 2012
Leon Wieseltier
Why the Taliban Shot the Schoolgirl
July 20, 2012
Eliza Griswold
What the Islamist Takeover of Northern Mali Really Means
March 14, 2012
Paul Berman
The Thought Police
April 13, 2011
Barak Barfi
Can Africa Really Help Libya Find Peace?
November 30, 2010
Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Fighting HIV With Circumcision; Getting Depressed About TB
August 3, 2010
David Rieff
How NGOs Became Pawns in the War on Terrorism
March 6, 2006
Joshua Hammer
Timbuktu Dispatch
February 11, 2002
Michael Rubin
Deserted

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