Malian supporters watch on Feb. 6, on a television in the center of the northern Malian city of Douentza a 2013 African Cup of Nations semi-final football match between Mali and Nigeria in Durban, South Africa.

Mali's defender Mahamadou Ndiaye (L) vies with Nigeria's forward Ahmed Musa (C) during the 2013 African Cup of Nations semi-final football match Mali vs Nigeria on Feb. 6, in Durban. Nigeria won 4-1.

Nigeria soccer fans celebrate after Nigeria soccer player Elderson Echiejile scored a goal against Mali, during an African Cup of Nations semi final match in Lagos, Nigeria, on Feb. 6. Nigeria cruised to a 4-1 win over Mali on Wednesday to reach the African Cup final for the first time in more than a decade.

A student writes on the blackboard in a classroom in Gao, Mali, on the first day schools reopened after the French bombing of Islamist targets, on Feb. 4. Schools reopened today in Gao after the town was taken on Jan. 26 by French and Malian forces from Islamists who had been occupying it for the last year.

Students attend a class in Gao on the first day schools reopened, on Feb. 4.

Students work in a classroom in Gao on the first day schools reopened on Feb. 4.

A teacher checks students' chalk boards in a classroom on the first day schools reopened on Feb. 4, in Gao, Mali. The majority of the school's tables and benches were taken by Islamists.

Aissata Coulibaly, 6.

Kadia Sangialiba, 3.

Mariam Coulibaly, 10.

Ageisha Yattara, 7.

Assan Diarra, 10.

Uomou Coulibaly, 4.

Omar Djibo, 5.

Angry crowds shout at suspected Islamist extremists in the back of an army truck in Gao, northern Mali, on Jan. 29. Four suspects were arrested after being found by a youth militia calling themselves the "Gao Patrolmen". Malian soldiers prevented the mob from lynching them.

Malian soldiers guard suspected Islamist extremists after throwing them in the back of the army truck in Gao, northern Mali, on Jan. 29.

Resident Ousmane Togo is reflected on a piece of broken mirror as he surveys the remains of a hotel hit by French air strikes in Douentza, Mali on Jan. 29. The hotel was used as a base for Islamists and was hit by French air strikes over a week ago.

A Malian tries to break the lock off a store front as looters and residents stand by in the streets of Timbuktu on Jan. 29. Hundreds of Malians looted stores in Timbuktu on Tuesday, saying the shops belonged to "Arabs" and "terrorists" linked to the radical Islamists who occupied the desert town for 10 months.

Looters crowd to get into a shop in the streets of Timbuktu on Jan. 29.

A Malian soldier tries to disperse looters in the streets of Timbuktu on Jan. 29.

Timbuktu residents plunder stores they say belong to Arabs, Mauritanians and Algerians who they accuse of supporting the Al Qaeda-linked Islamists during their 10-month rule over the ancient center of Islamic learning, on Jan. 29.

People gather near an armored vehicle as French soldiers arrive in the city of Diabaly on Jan. 21. Today, French and Malian troops recaptured the Malian towns of Diabaly and Douentza from Islamist fighters, France's defense minister said. Diabaly has been the center of air strikes and fighting since being seized by Islamists a week ago.

French soldiers stand guard in front of charred pickup trucks in Diabaly, Mali, on Jan. 21.

A Malian soldier checks identity papers in the center of Diabaly, Mali, approximately 320 miles north of the capital Bamako on Jan. 21. French and Malian troops were in the city whose capture by radical Islamists prompted the French military intervention.

A girl looks at Islamists pickup trucks destroyed during aerial strikes in Diabaly, Mali, on Jan. 21. Today, French and Malian troops recaptured the Malian towns of Diabaly and Douentza from Islamist fighters, France's defense minister said.

Malian soldiers carry a box of ammunition after searching through debris at a Malian military camp in Diabaly, Mali, on Jan. 21. French air strikes hit the camp a week ago after it was taken over by al Qaeda-linked rebels.

Malian soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint in Diabaly, Mali, on Jan. 21. Diabaly was retaken by French and Malian forces after al Qaeda-linked rebels took over the town a week ago.

Militiaman from the Ansar Dine Islamic group ride on an armed vehicle between Gao and Kidal in northeastern Mali, June 12, 2012.

Militiaman from the Ansar Dine Islamic group, who said they had come from Niger and Mauritania, ride on a vehicle at Kidal in northeastern Mali, June 16, 2012.

A Malian woman lies on the floor of her home, a tent provided by the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, in Mbera refugee camp, Mauritania. Pictures taken on May 23 and 24, 2012.

Ibrahim ag Jiddou, 12, poses for a picture in his makeshift shelter made of sticks and cloth. Jiddou and his family fled violence in his hometown of Lere, Mali, in March. They took 19 hours in a bush taxi to get to Mbera. He says he wants to be a general in the army of an independent state of Azawad when he grows up.

Zeinab Mint Hama, 25, poses for a picture with her children (left to right) Zuber, Bon Oumar and Seydna Ali in front of their shelter. Hama fled her hometown of Lere, Mali, in January with relatives and her children because of violence, leaving her husband behind, to ensure the children were safe.

A Malian refugee pulls a jerrican of water at the Mbere refugee camp on May 3, near Bassiknou, southern Mauritania, 60 km from the border with Mali. The fighting in Mali has left more than 60,000 people internally displaced, and a similar number have fled to Mauritania and neighboring countries. Camp Mbere, spread out over a surface area of some 570 km2 receives an average of 1,000 refugees per day, some days even more. According to the LWF representative, in mid-April the camp population was over 55,000, of which more than half were children.

Malian refugees sit in the back of a pick up as they arrive at the Mbere refugee camp on May 3, near Bassiknou, southern Mauritania, 60 km from the border with Mali.

A view of refugees walking at the Mbere refugee camp on May 3, near Bassiknou, southern Mauritania, 60 km from the border with Mali.