Mali political unrest
Machine gun attack on UN Mali base in Timbuktu kills seven
Mali’s army spokesman Selon Diaran Kone said the incident was now over, as the assailants had been repelled and four of them killed.
Nineteen victims and two gunmen died in the 20 November assault on Bamako’s Radisson Blu hotel.
Gunmen have freed four election workers a day after they were kidnapped in Mali.
The Malian army captain who led a coup in 2012 has apologised to the nation for his actions.
The deal could pave the way for Malian government troops to return to the rebel-held town of Kidal.
France's goal is to start winding down its military intervention in Mali by April.
Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed the man who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking in Algeria.
Friday saw the heaviest casualties sustained by foreign troops since the start of a military campaign.
French forces have taken control of a strategic town north of Mali.
French Foreign Minister says it will begin to pull out troops from Mali in March.
French President Francois Hollande is expected to visit Mali on Saturday.
Chairman of the Mali Trust, Essop Pahad, says he hopes South Africa would come to Mali's aid.
SA says it understands the need for France's swift intervention to stop a terrorist threat in Mali.
French troops inch north in Mali as Islamists melt away.
French and Malian soldiers wrested control of the central town of Diabaly from Islamist rebels.
Al Qaeda rebels in Mali threaten to drag France into a long and brutal Afghanistan-style ground war.
UN authorities order African forces to take on Islamist militants al Qaeda in Mali.
Cheick Modibo Diarra resigned after he was arrested while trying to leave the country.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended "offensive military operations" in Mali.