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Mali’s president hospitalised after protesters storm palace
Mali’s interim president Dioncounda Traore has been beaten and hospitalised after hundreds of protesters stormed his palace to demand his resignation.
Mali rebels attack Timbuktu
Residents say insurgents are besieging Timbuktu as they take their fight for a homeland for the nomadic Tuareg to one of the last government holdouts.
Rebels advance in Mali as deadline looms for coup leaders
Mali’s army has abandoned bases around the northern town of Gao to rebels while the leaders of a coup faced a deadline to start handing back power.