MALI

The 20th summit of the African Union came to a close in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with most problems unresolved.

The mayor of Timbuktu, Mali, says rebels set the Ahmed Baba Institute on fire over the weekend, burning thousands of ancient manuscripts containing the history of North Africa.

The Tuaregs in Mali have been engaged in periodic rebellions for the past 50 years.

French and Malian forces have begun restoring government control in the town of Timbuktu.

The French defense ministry announced the capture of a key city held by the rebels.

Here's a "who's who" to understanding the people, places and issues surrounding the Islamist counterinsurgency in Mali.

France is facing a new domestic security threat as jihadists in Mali threaten a terrorist retaliation.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's introductory testimony for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The British prime minister said he would hold a referendum on leaving the EU if his party wins in 2015.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the conflict in Mali, and it's only getting worse.

Logistical support from the U.S., UK and other Western powers is beefing up French capabilities in Mali.

Almost one-third of the continent’s entire population currently lives in just three states: Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt.

Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal accused a Canadian citizen Monday of coordinating last week's raid on a desert gas plant. At least 37 hostages were killed in the battle.

France has been unclear about its timeline for the intervention, but it will need a while to accomplish its ambitious goals.

Algerian domestic and foreign policy has actually been dictated by the government’s super-secret state intelligence agency.

World leaders complained that news coming out of Algeria has been confusing and even contradictory.

Algerian forces have responded to a hostage crisis with fierce independence, and their motives for doing so are murky.

Algerian sources are now stating that hundreds of hostages remain trapped inside the facility –- their fates unknown.

The hostage crisis at a gas facility in the Algerian desert has not resolved, according to a British government spokesman.

The fate of dozens of hostages seized by Islamist gunmen at a gas field in Algeria remained unclear early Friday, hours after the Algerian military stormed the site.

Belmokhtar is one of the best known warlords of the Sahara.