| Sat, 12 Jan 2013 Somalia: A failed state is back from the dead
| Eighteen months ago, central Mogadishu was like an African Stalingrad. The heat may have been equatorial but everything else seemed strangely familiar: a dirty cat-and-mouse war, often fought hand to hand among the spectacularly bombed-out ruins of a once-thriving cit... | Britain helps France in Mali conflict
| French military forces intervened in two African countries simultaneously yesterday with, at best, muddled results. A daring but botched helicopter raid by special forces early yesterday failed to free a French intelligence agent held in Somalia since 2009. The agent ... | France on alert for backlash as air assault on Mali rebels kills 100
French troops in Chad prepare to be airlifted into Mali yesterday. Photograph: Nicolas Vissac/AFP/Getty Images | The French president placed his country on terror alert as his military stepped up their operations against Islamist rebels in Mali with an air assault that ... | Hollande ups security in France after Mali, Somalia action
PARIS: France has ordered tightened security in public buildings and transport following action against radical Islamists both in Mali and Somalia, President Francois Hollande said on Saturday. | Hollande said France "has to take all necessary precautions" in the face o... | Hostage, troops die in botched French raid in Somalia
| TWO French soldiers and 17 Islamists have been killed in a failed bid to free an intelligence officer captured in Somalia in 2009, who also perished, French President Francois Hollande says. | The overnight operation involving some 50 troops and at least five helicopt... | France believes hostage killed in Somalia rescue bid
| PARIS/MOGADISHU (Reuters) - France sent special forces into Somalia to rescue a secret agent but insurgents apparently killed their hostage during the raid along with a commando, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves L... | |
|
| |
