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Old 07-24-2014, 12:23 PM  
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20.01 The Malian government and six rebel groups signed an accord on an end to hostilities as part of ongoing peace talks that opened in Algiers last week, AFP reports.

A ceasefire has been in force with the mainly Tuareg and Arab rebel groups since a last eruption of fighting in May.

The two sides also signed a roadmap aimed at "putting in place a framework for the peace talks to allow the emergency of comprehensive negotiated settlement."

The signature of the two documents marked "a satisfactory result with which to crown the initial phase of the dialogue", Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said in a short statement.

The talks, which opened on July 17, are to resume next month aimed at reaching an agreement by the autumn on power-sharing short of secession. ...
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...A4P00220140526

BAMAKO Sun May 25, 2014 8:04pm EDT

(Reuters) - Fifty Malian soldiers died this week during a failed army attempt to seize the Tuareg separatist northern town of Kidal, the West African country's defense minister said on Sunday.

The fresh fighting on Wednesday, the worst since the government and separatist groups signed a preliminary peace agreement last year, threatened to sink struggling peace talks to end a long cycle of Tuareg uprisings. ...
Seems it is reported down in a ''war zone''.
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