Africa - Voice of America: Near Timbuktu, a Fragile Calm Follows Unrest

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Near Timbuktu, a Fragile Calm Follows Unrest Jul 16th 2012, 20:33 Calm has returned to the town of Goundam in Mali's Timbuktu region after Saturday demonstrations prompted Islalmist militiamen to bring in reinforcements and round up protesters. According to local residents, Ansar Dine, which alone has controlled the Timbuktu region since seizing the northern two-thirds of the country with other rebel groups in late March, detained and beat about 90 people following the unrest. Ansar Dine leaders then called Goundam's imam and other elders to the ... Media files: 30CF34BF-2B2C-4D0E-BF55-C79C1CFD4FEE_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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