NIAMEY, July 29, 2008 (AFP) - Niger's Court of Appeal is to rule next month whether to release jailed Radio France International correspondent Moussa Kaka, his legal team said Tuesday after a court hearing.

Moussa Coulibaly and William Bourdon petitioned the court Tuesday after the state lodged an appeal last week against a court order to free the Niger-based journalist.

NIAMEY, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - Niger prosecutors again appealed Friday against a court order to free imprisoned Radio France correspondent in Niger Moussa Kaka, the prosecution service said.

The appeal, hours before a legal deadline for the move expired, came two days after a senior judge ruled there was no case to answer against Kaka and ordered the charges dropped.

NIAMEY, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - The judge in the case of the imprisoned Radio France correspondent in Niger, Moussa Kaka, has ruled there is no case to answer and dropped charges, Radio Saraounia said Wednesday.

BAMAKO, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - After recent flare ups and clashes between the Malian army and Tuareg rebels in Northern Mali the peace process was revived this week in what is seen as a spectacular return of mediator Algeria.

BAMAKO, July 21, 2008 (AFP) - Mali's government and Tuareg nomads fighting for greater autonomy agreed Monday on a deal to end their conflict after talks brokered by Algeria.

ALGIERS, July 21, 2008 (AFP) - Mali's government and Tuareg rebels agreed Monday on an end to their conflict after talks in Algiers, mediator Algeria's ambassador to Mali said.

'The two delegations representing the Malian government and the May 23 Democratic Alliance for Change have reached an agreement on the cessation of hostilities,' Abdelkrim Ghrieb said.

BAMAKO, July 19, 2008 (AFP) - A Tuareg group attacked a police base in northern Mali and kidnapped three gendarmes, rebels and the government said Saturday, amid talks between the two sides on reviving a peace process.

BAMAKO, July 19, 2008 (AFP) - Armed men attacked a police headquarters in northern Mali, kidnapping three gendarmes, a military source said Saturday.

The overnight raid on the gendarmerie at Tessalit came as representatives from the Malian government and Tuareg rebels were in Algiers for new talks to revive the peace process in northern Mali.

BAMAKO, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Representatives from the Malian government and Tuareg rebels were in Algiers Thursday for new talks to revive the peace process in northern Mali, sources close to Algerian mediators said.

The meeting comes after a recent flare-up in violence between the army and the rebels that threatens the 2006 peace accord brokered by Algeria.

BAMAKO, July 1, 2008 (AFP) - Mali is satisfied with the efforts to put the peace process in northern Mali, the scene of recent Tuareg rebel attacks, back on track, a member of the Malian delegation to talks in Algiers said Tuesday.