{{The al-Qaida-linked group that controls much of northern Mali and other rebels agreed Friday to cease hostilities in the areas they control, a day after the United Nations backed a regional plan to oust the Islamists from power in a military intervention next year}}.<\/p>\n
Ansar Dine, which controls the northern cities of Timbuktu and Kidal, and a secular rebel group known as the NMLA made the concessions following talks in neighboring Algeria.<\/p>\n
The two groups vowed “to refrain from all actions that would cause confrontation and hostilities in the areas that they control.”<\/p>\n
They also vowed to work to free hostages in northern Mali, where al-Qaida’s North Africa branch has made millions of dollars through ransoms and is currently holding seven French nationals captive.<\/p>\n
The U.N.’s most powerful body on Thursday authorized an African-led force, but made no mention of size and set no timeline for military action.<\/p>\n
U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said recently he does not expect a military operation to begin until September or October of next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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