The Tuareg rebel group MNLA has dropped its bid for a separate state in the north. A spokesman for the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine says his group controls the three regions of the north. About 400 fighters from the Gandakoy tribal militia joined Ansar Dine. Islamists in Goundam detained and whipped some 90 protesters.
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