Technology, Meet the Tuareg
Picture of a Tuareg making a call on his satellite phone in the North Malian desert. Tuareg rebels confirm they have taken control of Gao and say they have encircled Timbuktu.
View ArticleTime for Liberty?
A man rests between two bars at a stadium, where a rally was being held against the seizure of northern Mali by Tuareg and Islamist rebels, in the capital Bamako April 11, 2012. Since a military coup...
View ArticleFrom Here to Timbuktu
If you wondering how garden-variety jihadis behave when they take over a region, this section on Gao in Mali is quite telling, especially the part on the economics: Gao, a city of 100,000 people, has...
View ArticleTimbuktu a Ghost Town?
Timbuktu, in northern Mali, has been rendered a ghost town by the Islamists, leaving the residents with no electricity or drinking water for more than three days. Winning hearts and minds should not be...
View ArticleSalaka Djicke Finds and Loses Love
Honestly, I am not much for the reading of romances. I worked as an editor before joining the Navy and, because I had to edit romance novels, I asked a friend which romance writer was the best. She...
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