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Mali's President Amadou Toumani Toure has submitted his letter of resignation.
State-ran radio confirmed Saturday that Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika died of a heart attack.
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has died after a heart attack.
A rebel group declared the independence of northern Mali.
The United States is suspending at least $13 million of its roughly $140 million in annual aid to Mali following last month's coup in the West African nation, the State Department said on Wednesday.
An explosion killed at least six people at Somalia's newly reopened national theatre during an event attended by government officials.
The Malian military on Sunday said the army alongside local Arab militia were resisting against invading Tuareg rebels in the northern town of Timbuktu.
After seizing the town of Kidal on Friday, the rebel forces on Saturday attacked Gao, a strategic city in Northern Mali, witnesses said.
Mali's junta leader, Capt. Amadou Sanogo, confirmed the fall of the key northern town of Kidal, hours after reports of its invasion by separatist Tuareg rebels.
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has died after a heart attack, medical and government sources said on Friday.
China on Tuesday urged Sudan and South Sudan to maintain calm and exercise restraint to prevent current tensions from escalating.
The National Committee for Redressment of Democracy and Restoration of the State has decided to reopen Mali's air space.
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