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The Islamist burning of the shrine of Sidi Mahmoud Ben Amar in the ancient city of Timbuktu last week has compounded the national trauma of March’s military coup and the loss of much of the north to jihadist fighters and Tuareg separatists....

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Keywords:

Sidi Mahmoud Ben Amar, Amadou Toumani Touré, Amadou Sanogo, Dioncounda Traoré, Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, Modibo Diarra, Comité national pour le redressement de la démocratie et la restauration de l’état, Sharia, Collectif des élus du nord

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