A Tuareg man rides a camel in northern Mali. Photograph by Alfred Weidinger. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: While all eyes are on the coup d'état in Bamako, the situation in the north of Mali remains volatile. Taking advantage of the apparent confusion in the Malian army, Tuareg rebels have captured Anefis, a strategically important military base north of Gao. Zum Original