Saying Mali ‘Is Our Country,’ Militias Train To Oust Islamists -- New York TimesMOPTI, Mali — Hundreds of young men are stuffed into makeshift training camps near this provincial capital, arising at 4 a.m. for physical exercises and simulated hand-to-hand combat in preparation for the day when they can free their north Mali homeland from the radical Islamists whose harsh rule has driven tens of thousands of frightened, desperate civilians to flee the country.
The eager recruits have almost no weapons, little military instruction, and not much more than the hard ground to sleep on. They are definitely not in the army. A trainer in a scavenged uniform yells out, “Present, arms!” but there are no arms to present.
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More News On The Unrest And Conflict In Mali
Mali's civilian militia has many hands but arms in short supply -- Sydney Morning Herald
Citizen militias spring up in Mali -- UPI
Malians take up arms to drive out al-Qa'ida -- The Independent
North Mali villages forced to fend for themselves after Islamist takeover -- France24
Mali needs other options if diplomacy fails: Rabat -- AFP
France would back Mali intervention -- The Australian/AFP
Mali seeks to form unity government -- Deutsche Welle
West Africa: Drug Trafficking and the Crisis in Mali -- allAfrica.com
Addressing an Imploding Mali -- Council On Foreign Relations
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