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Nigeria's president has warned that military intervention will be the only option for northern Mali if talks with the Islamic extremists fail.
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The government of Mali is calling for international help to defeat the Islamist militants that are causing unrest in northern Mali. Some of the militants have links to al-Qaeda.
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More than 430,000 people have fled from northen Mali since April, to escape the al-Qaeda backed militants. The government is optimistic, saying they will regain the area, but the residents are less confident.
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Malian rebels have taken the strategic town of Douentza, which extends their territory to middle Mali.
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An islamist movement group in Mali says it has executed one of the Algerian diplomats it took hostage 5 months ago. Algerian authorities say they are trying to verify the claim.
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The army of Mali has killed 16 people at a checkpoint at Diabali, after they refused to stop. The army thought the men were Islamist fighters, but they turned out to be preachers from the conservative Dawa sect.
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A top commander of Al-Qaeda died in a car crash in northern Mali, an Islamist group spokesmen said. He was the deputy of a leading militant group that has killed multiple foreigners.
