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In Mali Bombs and Bullets Prioritised Over People
08/04/2013
When Irish soldiers arrived in troubled Mali last week as part of an EU training force, they will have encountered country where the situation security remains tense and a yearlong conflict which has had a catastrophic humanitarian impact on Mali’s population.
"My name is Mohammed Ag Ali. I like to play the guitar"
26/03/2013
March marks the first anniversary of the conflict in Mali, which displaced nearly half a million people, 51% of whom are children. The conflict comes on the heels of one of the worst food crises to hit the Sahel region of West Africa in recent years.