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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks on the conviction of Charles Taylor.

The government is set to overhaul all laws related to security as a way of enhancing national security. Among the salient features of the overhaul is the creation of a Homeland Security Agency, that will in future coordinate rescue operations in crises like the one witnessed at Westgate Shopping Mall.

For the past five days, Amina Said has been on a painful journey: a hunt for her husband, Sudeis. The last time she saw him was on Saturday before Islamist militants stormed an upscale mall, massacring dozens of people. She tried calling him that day, but his cellphone was shut off. It’s been like that ever since, but that hasn’t stopped her from calling every hour.

After a year-and-a-half of turmoil, the public inauguration of the newly elected President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta signals a new beginning for Mali. But apart from the August elections that were widely considered to be free and fair, there is little except grandiose rhetoric to suggest that Mali has determinately moved away from the policies and governance that facilitated the disintegration of the state in the first place.