Wednesday, January 16, 2013

The Mali maelstrom: conflict in West Africa

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Some of the latest images from the West African flashpoint

  • A French soldier lies on his mattress in a hangar at the Malian army air base in Bamako, January 14, 2013. France, which has poured hundreds of troops into the capital Bamako in recent days, carried out more air raids on Monday in the vast desert area seized last year by an Islamist alliance. (JOE PENNEY /REUTERS)
    A French soldier lies on his mattress in a hangar at the Malian army air base in Bamako, January 14, 2013. France, which has poured hundreds of troops into the capital Bamako in recent days, carried out more air raids on Monday in the vast desert area seized last year by an Islamist alliance.
    (JOE PENNEY /REUTERS)
  • A French soldier stands between two Mirage F1 fighter jets at the Malian army air base in Bamako, January 14, 2013. France plans to increase its troops in Mali to 2,500 in the days ahead and is working to speed up the deployment of West African troops for a campaign against Islamist rebels, the government said on Monday. (JOE PENNEY /REUTERS)
    A French soldier stands between two Mirage F1 fighter jets at the Malian army air base in Bamako, January 14, 2013. France plans to increase its troops in Mali to 2,500 in the days ahead and is working to speed up the deployment of West African troops for a campaign against Islamist rebels, the government said on Monday.
    (JOE PENNEY /REUTERS)
  • Members of the Royal Air Force Air Movement Services untether French armoured personnel carriers as they land to deliver them to Bamako, January 15, 2013. Britain's Royal Air Force is lending logistical support to France as it sends forces to Mali. (ANDREW WINNING /REUTERS)
    Members of the Royal Air Force Air Movement Services untether French armoured personnel carriers as they land to deliver them to Bamako, January 15, 2013. Britain's Royal Air Force is lending logistical support to France as it sends forces to Mali.
    (ANDREW WINNING /REUTERS)
  • A Malian soldier stands guard outside a meeting for the intervention force provided by the ECOWAS grouping of West African states, in Bamako, January 15, 2013. France kept up its air strikes against Islamist rebels in Mali as plans to deploy African troops gathered pace on Tuesday amid concerns that delays could endanger a wider mission to dislodge al Qaeda and its allies. (JOE PENNEY /REUTERS)
    A Malian soldier stands guard outside a meeting for the intervention force provided by the ECOWAS grouping of West African states, in Bamako, January 15, 2013. France kept up its air strikes against Islamist rebels in Mali as plans to deploy African troops gathered pace on Tuesday amid concerns that delays could endanger a wider mission to dislodge al Qaeda and its allies.
    (JOE PENNEY /REUTERS)
  • Minister of Defence Peter MacKay shakes hands with Canadian forces members of Squadron 429 at CFB Trenton, on Tuesday Jan. 15, 2013. Canada is sending the C-17 Globemaster to help France with the conflict in Mali. (Lars Hagberg /THE CANADIAN PRESS)
    Minister of Defence Peter MacKay shakes hands with Canadian forces members of Squadron 429 at CFB Trenton, on Tuesday Jan. 15, 2013. Canada is sending the C-17 Globemaster to help France with the conflict in Mali.
    (Lars Hagberg /THE CANADIAN PRESS)
  • French soldiers refuel armoured personnel carriers that were driven from Ivory Coast, at a Malian air base in Bamako January 15, 2013. France hit Islamist rebels in Mali with fresh air strikes and deployed armoured cars on Tuesday, stepping up its intervention in the West African state. (JOE PENNEY /REUTERS)
    French soldiers refuel armoured personnel carriers that were driven from Ivory Coast, at a Malian air base in Bamako January 15, 2013. France hit Islamist rebels in Mali with fresh air strikes and deployed armoured cars on Tuesday, stepping up its intervention in the West African state.
    (JOE PENNEY /REUTERS)
  • French soldiers arrange equipment in a tank at a Malian air base in Bamako January 15, 2013. (JOE PENNEY /REUTERS)
    French soldiers arrange equipment in a tank at a Malian air base in Bamako January 15, 2013.
    (JOE PENNEY /REUTERS)
  • This picture dated Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 and released by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows French legionnaires of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment based in Orange, southern France, exiting a military plane at Bamako airport, Mali. (Jeremy Lempin /AP)
    This picture dated Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 and released by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows French legionnaires of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment based in Orange, southern France, exiting a military plane at Bamako airport, Mali.
    (Jeremy Lempin /AP)

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-mali-maelstrom-conflict-in-west-africa/article7379125/?cmpid=rss1

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