Hollande to visit Mali as French troops eye last bastion
- Published: 31 Jan 2013 at 21.44
- Online news: World
President Francois Hollande prepared to visit Mali as French-led troops worked Friday to secure the last Islamist stronghold in the north after a lightning offensive against the extremists.
A stallholder sells French and Malian flags on the side of the road in Gao, northern Mali on February 1, 2013. President Francois Hollande prepared to visit Mali as French-led troops worked Friday to secure the last Islamist stronghold in the north after a lightning offensive against the extremists.
Hollande, whose surprise decision to intervene in Mali three weeks ago has won broad support at home, will travel to the fabled city of Timbuktu and hold a working lunch in the capital Bamako with Mali's interim president Dioncounda Traore, the Malian presidency said.
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