Mali aid offers pour in, army chief sets sights on Timbuktu
- Published: 21 Jan 2013 at 18.45
- Online news: World
Mali's army chief said his French-backed forces could reclaim the northern towns of Gao and fabled Timbuktu from Islamists in a month, as more offers of aid poured in for the offensive.
A man and woman on a scooter ride past a Malian soldier controlling a strategic bridge on the Niger River on January 22, 2013 near Markala. Mali's army chief Tuesday said his French-backed forces could reclaim the northern towns of Gao and fabled Timbuktu from Islamists in a month, as more offers of aid poured in for the offensive.
French planes bombed a major base of the Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) near Timbuktu, a defence ministry official said on Tuesday, on condition of anonymity, as local sources said a mansion belonging to Libyan former strongman Moamer Kadhafi was destroyed.
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