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Now playing Next no comment Freed Dutch hostage arrives in Bamako, Mali Freed Dutch hostage Sjaak Rijke arrived in Bamako, Mali after being released from three years of captivity at the hands of an al-Qaeda linked group 08/04/2015
Now playing Next Mali French forces rescue Dutch hostage Sjaak Rijke in Mali The French army have released footage showing a freed Dutch hostage who was rescued on Monday (April 6) during a special forces attack on a militant 06/04/2015
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Now playing Next Mali Mali: French citizen and Belgian security worker killed in militant attack Five people, including a French citizen and a Belgian security worker, have been killed in a militant attack in the Malian capital Bamako. Police say 07/03/2015
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Now playing Next Mali Peace deal on the cards in northern Mali The government in Mali says it has agreed to a preliminary accord 01/03/2015
Now playing Next Cinema Timbuktu: a poignant drama on fundamentalist Islam Based on real events, 'Timbuktu' by Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako is a passionate and beautifully shot film about the invasion of Mali by radical Islamists who want to impose Sharia law. 13/02/2015
Now playing Next no comment Hundreds in Mali protest over UN air-strikes UN troops in Mali were forced to abandon their positions at an airport in the northern town of Kidal, after hundreds of people protested over 23/01/2015
Now playing Next France 'I'm no hero' says Bathily as France grants supermarket saviour citizenship The French Fifth republic has a new citizen, Lassana Bathily, the Malian-born Muslim who saved the lives of several Jewish shoppers during this 20/01/2015
Now playing Next Mali Mali's health minister declares the West African country officially free of the deadly Ebola virus After 42 days during which no new cases of Ebola have been recorded in Mali, the government says the epidemic there is over, but people are urged to continue with preventative measures 19/01/2015
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