French Troops Retake Gao, Mali From Islamist Control – Timbuktu Next Uncategorized Add comments Jan 262013 French forces have regained control of Gao, Mali under Islamist control since last April. Vive La France!! Leave a Reply Cancel reply Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>