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UN vehicles patrol the area around the Sankore mosque in Timbuktu, Mali. AFP
UN vehicles patrol the area around the Sankore mosque in Timbuktu, Mali. AFP
France increases Mali aid after scathing UN report
Paris increased funding to €6m this year amid criticism over air strike