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Mali: Al-Qaeda offshoot intensifies attacks on Mali armyF

@northafricajournalMali #Lere: An attack on two #military camps in northern #Mali claimed by #Touaregs killed five #soldiers, while 11 others are missing. https://North-Africa.com ♬ original sound - The North Africa Journal The Malian army has reported attacks on two...

Sahel: Mali buries officer killed crashF

Mali's ruling junta on Wednesday paid tribute to a lieutenant colonel who relatives say was killed aboard a plane that crashed Saturday in the northern city of Gao. The comments were the first the authorities appear to have made about the incident, which is believed...

Mali: Junta postpones presidential election indefinitely, outrage in BamakoF

Malian political groups expressed outrage on Wednesday at the junta's decision to postpone indefinitely the presidential election that was supposed to bring back civilian rule. The ruling junta on Monday announced a delay to a presidential election scheduled for...

Sahel: Mali warns ECOWAS against military action in NigerF

Mali "will not stand idly by" if foreign governments intervene in neighouring Niger, Bamako's top diplomat warned the United Nations on Saturday, after both countries' juntas joined a mutual defense pact. Rebel elite soldiers overthrew Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum...