A masterful blend of reportage and history from one of the world's newest front lines in the war on terror -- the endangered African country of Mali.
Waiting out the coup in Mali.
In March and early April 2012, Tuareg and jihadist rebels overran northern Mali, an area the size of France. The borderland that now divides Mali north from south cuts across the Bandiagara highlands.
Mali has gone from one of Africa's model democracies to a haven for al Qaeda, leaving the people of Timbuktu asking what happens next?
In the impenetrable Dogon highlands of Mali, the clouds of war are gathering.
A small West African country leads the Mali peace process. Burkina Faso’s growing reputation for stability and influence in West Africa is a sharp contrast to its image 20 years ago.
Mali's fabled Timbuktu is no stranger to siege and ruin but has also been the focus of a recent rebirth in music and arts. The Islamist rebels occupying the city put all of that at risk - and more.
A rebellion in Mali has carved out a new territory in West Africa and created a new wave of refugees. A Tuareg man, once "a great rebel soldier," now a refugee in Burkina Faso, tells his story.
Mali is now a nation divided, with no happy ending in sight.
Pulitzer Center grantee witnesses a coup in action (Mali's second in six weeks) as the Green Berets suppress a takeover attempt by the Red Berets—members of the former presidential guard.
Pulitzer Center grantee Peter Gwin was interviewed by CNN about his reporting on the Tuareg, a nomadic group recruited by Muammar Qaddafi to fight against the rebels in Libya.
Thousands of Tuareg rebels have fled to Libya to fight in Qadaffi's army and are receiving more than a thousand dollars for their service.
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