{"id":22219,"date":"2015-12-31T00:50:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T00:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mali-extends-state-of-emergency-until-march-31\/"},"modified":"2015-12-31T00:50:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T00:50:31","slug":"mali-extends-state-of-emergency-until-march-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mali-extends-state-of-emergency-until-march-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali extends state of emergency until March 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Bamako (AFP) &#8211; Mali has extended by three months a nationwide state of emergency initially imposed following a deadly jihadist attack on a hotel in the capital in November, officials said.}<\/p>\n<p>The government on Monday submitted a bill authorising the fresh extension to March 31 &#8220;because of serious threats to the security of persons and their property&#8221;, according to an official statement.<\/p>\n<p>The National Assembly passed the bill unanimously in a vote on Tuesday, a parliamentary source told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Mali initially declared a state of emergency after 20 people, 14 of them foreigners, were killed in an attack claimed by two jihadist groups on the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on November 20.<\/p>\n<p>It was extended twice, and the latest 10-day period was due to expire on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Mali fell under the control of jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamists were largely ousted by a French-led military operation launched in January 2013, but large swathes of Mali remain lawless and prone to attacks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-10189 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/part-par-par8339733-1-1-0.jpg\" alt=\"Malian Prime Minister Modibo Keita (2nd R) stands next to Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (3rd R) during the funerals of five victims of a shooting rampage at the luxury Radisson hotel in Mali&#039;s capital on November 20\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Source:AFP:[Mali extends state of emergency until March 31->http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/mali-extends-state-emergency-until-march-31-022234554.html]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Bamako (AFP) &#8211; Mali has extended by three months a nationwide state of emergency initially imposed following a deadly jihadist attack on a hotel in the capital in November, officials said.} The government on Monday submitted a bill authorising the fresh extension to March 31 &#8220;because of serious threats to the security of persons and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000071201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[100],"byline":[228],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-22219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-africa","byline-afp"],"bylines":[{"id":228,"name":"AFP","slug":"afp","description":"Agence France-Presse is an international news agency headquartered in Paris. 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