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| Mali government, rebels sign ceasefire deal |
| 2014-05-25 |
| [The Peninsula] The Mali government signed a ceasefire deal with three rebel groups in the northern desert Friday, the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... 's negotiator announced, after the Tuareg and Arab turbans captured the flashpoint town of Kidal. The town is the cradle of Mali's separatist movement, which wants independence for a vast swathe of northern desert it calls "Azawad" and which has launched several rebellions since the 1960s. |
| Posted by:Fred |