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Mali: Unidentified armed individuals kill five people on Bamako-Segou roadF

Two firefighters and three civilians were killed on Monday night in an attack in southeastern Mali, the ministry of security and civil protection said Tuesday. A sixth person was also wounded. At around 9:00 pm, the Civil Protection Road Rescue Post of Markacoungo, in...
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Sahel: Ivory Coast hands down four life terms to 4 Mali nationals for 2016 jihadist attackF

A court in Ivory Coast on Wednesday handed down life terms to four Malian men convicted of abetting a jihadist attack on a beach resort that left 19 people dead. The court in Abidjan, the country's  commercial hub, found the four "guilty of the deeds for which they...
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Sahel: 46 Ivory Coast soldiers detained by Mali get 20 years in prison, setting stage for regional diplomatic crisisF

Update: Mali court sentences 46 Ivorian soldiers to 20 years in prison: prosecutor Forty-six Ivorian troops whose detention in Mali sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, the public prosecutor said Friday. Three...
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Sahel: Security conditions to worsen in northern Mali as peace deal collapsesF

Almost all armed groups in Mali that signed a major peace deal in 2015 suspended their participation in the agreement  on Thursday, decrying the ruling junta's "lack of political will" to uphold it. The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) -- a predominantly Tuareg...
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