A bid by the African Union and ECOWAS, to pass a resolution sanctioning military intervention, has failed at the UN Security Council.
The Security Council said it needed more details before it could make a decision.
Northern Mali was taken over by Tuareg separatists and Islamists after a coup by Mali’s army toppled the president in March. A deal made by the coup leaders and other western African states saw the instalment of an interim president.
The AU and ECOWAS want a UN mandate to assist Mali’s army to retake the north and to protect the institutions of transition, to ensure the army does not attempt another coup.
A parliamentarian from the Tamil National Alliance, M.A Sumanthiran, speaking to the Sunday Leader, outlined that the government was responsible for the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) calls to abolish the 13 Amendment.
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A new Army colony is being planned in the Jaffna peninsula announced Sri Lanka's army commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya.
Speaking to the Sinhala language newspaper Divaina,
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Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa exalted the values of Buddhist teachings, asserting that Buddhism had never allowed Buddhists to become extremists.
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The Sri Lankan government has expressed concern over a recent Memorandum of understanding, signed between the US Embassy in Colombo and the Trincomalee Urban Council, to establish an ‘American Corner’, a public information centre.
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Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has interrogated members of the German NGO the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, for allegedly working beyond its legal mandate.
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A Sri Lankan military soldier is suspected to have perpetrated the rape of a 7 year old girl in Nedunkeni, Vavuniya, reports Uthayan.
The incident led to a protest by local Tamils, demanding that the culprit be arrested.
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Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapakse has warned the government of the consequences in case the TNA wins the Northern Provincial Council polls, due to be held later this year.
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