Malian Refugees

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Far from Home, Malian Refugees Strive to Rebuild Their Lives

By Issa Sikiti da Silva
Malian widow Mariama Sow, 30, and her three children are trying to find some semblance of normalcy in their lives in Dakar, Senegal, since they left the historic city of Timbuktu in northern Mali last June to escape the Islamist occupation.

Malian Refugees Look to Rebuild their Lives

By Ousseini Issa
Malian refugees in Mangaïze, northwest Niger, are keen to return home to start work and be able to support themselves once more.

Malian Refugees Wanting to Return Home Face Difficult Choices

By Emmanuel Haddad
When northern Malian refugees fled their country for Niger in 2012, they expected they would be able to return home shortly afterwards. But despite the armed intervention by the French army in the West African nation, few of the 50,000 Niger-based refugees are ready to leave for home just yet.