Tag Archives: Country: Mali

Catholic Statesman: In one town in northern Mali a man has been whipped for drinking alcohol. In another, pictures of unveiled women have been torn down. In a third, traditional music is no longer heard in the streets.

Catholic Culture: Amid political turmoil in the west African nation of Mali, the nation’s bishops have expressed concern about the potential for the imposition of Sharia throughout the nation.

CBS: Mali’s crisis deepened Wednesday, as officials in the fabled northern city of Timbuktu confirmed that the Islamic rebel faction that seized control of the town over the weekend has announced it will impose sharia law.

Catholic Culture: Two weeks after a military coup toppled the government of Mali President Amadou Toumani Touré, Tuareg rebels, working with a separate Islamist rebel group . . .

AP: Earlier this month officials said 25 out of the 122 female prisoners were being held for killing or attempting to kill their children.

Business Day: “Up to 40,000 Nigerian girls are being forced to work as prostitutes in Mali ‘slave camps’, Nigerian officials have said. The girls have often been promised jobs in Europe but ended up in brothels in the capital or mining towns, said the government’s anti-trafficking agency. The brothels are run by older Nigerian women who prevent them from leaving and take all their earnings.”

Washington Post: “Mali in some sense has become a test case as its government has accepted tens of millions of dollars in American aid intended to stave off what U.S. officials say could be a growing threat of radicalism in parts of Africa where Muslims make up the majority.”

Washington Post: “Al-Qaida terrorists have killed a Briton taken hostage in Mali, the British prime minister said Wednesday. The fate of a Swiss hostage taken at the same time was unknown.”