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In Mali, masked gunmen kidnap, beat journalist

July 9, 2012 4:31 PM EDT

Unidentified armed men wearing masks abducted Abdrahmane Keïta, editor of the private bi-weekly L’Aurore, in a public square in Bamako, the capital, at about 8:30 p.m. on July 2, 2012, according to local journalists and news reports. The gunmen dragged Keïta onto their vehicle while repeatedly kicking and beating him with truncheons, the reports said.

Journalist in Mali detained for eight days over article

June 28, 2012 5:38 PM EDT

Habi Baby, an editor of the weekly Caravane, was arrested by soldiers at his home in Bamako, the capital, on June 12, 2012, after he published a story critical of Mali’s security forces, according to local journalists and news reports.

Journalist detained by Mali state security over document

May 14, 2012 12:24 PM EDT

On May 12, 2012, intelligence agents in the capital Bamako summoned editor Biram Fall of the private biweekly Le Prétoire for interrogation, according to local news reports and Agence France-Presse.

Soldiers loyal to junta leader Amadou Sanogo have attacked and threatened several journalists in the days following the coup. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)

In Mali, journalists attacked in coup aftermath

March 30, 2012 5:35 PM EDT

New York, March 30, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns attacks and threats against several journalists covering the aftermath of the March 22 military coup in Mali that ousted President Amadou Toumani Touré.

Mali junta leader Captain Amadou Sanogo, center, poses surrounded by fellow soldiers in Bamako Thursday. (AFP/Habibou Kouyate)

With coup, quiet #Mali generates noise on Twitter

March 22, 2012 6:14 PM EDT

Yesterday, while reporting on breaking news in Mali from studios in Atlanta, CNN Wire Newsdesk Editor Faith Karimi made an ominous observation that presaged the outcome of developments unfolding 5,000 miles away. “#Mali president @PresidenceMali has not tweeted in 10 hours after reports of gunfire and a coup attempt,” she tweeted.