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Mali: ten soldiers killed in jihad attack

7 Marzo 2017
At least 10 soldiers from Mali have been killed durign an attack on a military base neightbouring Burkina Faso. The responsible for the attack are probably jihadists linked to Al Qaeda. Since 2012 the northern part of Mali is under jihadist’s and Tuareg rebel’s control.

Five Niger soldiers killed by heavily armed motorbikers

Heavily armed gunmen riding motor bikes and other vehicles raided a village and killed five soldiers in Niger near the border with Mali early on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said, amid signs of a growing Islamist insurgency in the region. Dozens of attackers entered Banigabou, about 20 km (12 miles)
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