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Mali: ICC to conduct preliminary inquiry into Mali conflict
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- Islamist rebels near Timbuktu in northern Mali in April
- International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said Wednesday she had ordered an immediate inquiry into the situation in Mali where Islamists have taken over the north of the country.
  
  "I have instructed my office to immediately proceed with a preliminary examination of the situation," Bensouda said in a statement after talks with Malian Justice Minister Malick Coulibaly.
  
  Mali said last week it planned to ask the ICC to probe atrocities allegedly committed by armed groups occupying the north. They are accused by rights bodies of rapes, executions and use of child soldiers.
  
  Bensouda told AFP last week that the ongoing destruction of the shrines of Muslim saints in Timbuktu was a war crime, and that the court was collecting information on the matter.
Tags:Timbuktu., International Criminal Court., Fatou Bensouda, Malick Coulibaly
Source:New Era