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IS claims responsibility for deadly Mali attacks on 50 soldiers
The strikes underscored the fragility of an area straddling several West African countries battling increasing jihadist violence that has claimed hundreds of lives.
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Mali says 54 killed in militant attack on army post
The attack is one of the deadliest strikes against the West African country’s military in recent memory.
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Mali army says it killed 50 militants, freed soldiers in counter-attack
Unidentified assailants killed 38 soldiers during the 30 September attacks, among the heaviest losses for Mali’s army this year as it struggles to repel increasingly brazen raids by militant groups, some with links to al-Qaeda and Islamic State.
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Six killed in Mali attack on pro-government forces
Four more people were missing after the attack in Aguelhok, an alliance of pro-government forces calling itself Platform of the June 2014 Movements said.
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Al-Qaeda affiliate claims deadly attack on Malian army
Thirty-eight soldiers were killed during attacks in some of the worst violence seen against the army this year.
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Here’s how to make Africa’s aviation industry soar
While it is evident that aviation in Africa has the potential to fuel economic growth, several barriers exist.
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15 dead in Mali building collapse
Twenty-six people were rescued alive from the partially occupied building after it collapsed just before dawn.
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Gunmen kill 41 people in central Mali – mayor
The victims of Monday’s raids were mostly ethnic Dogons, said Issiaka Ganame, the mayor of Yoro, where 24 people were killed. Another 17 died in Gangafani 2.
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Massacre toll in Mali revised down to 35
In another incident on Wednesday, an attack on villages of the Dogon ethnic group in the south of country claimed at least two lives, with several others wounded, a local official and a Malian security source said.
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Mali massacre victims included 24 children - PM
Attackers believed to belong to the Fulani ethnic group raided the rival Dogon village of Sobane Da, in central Mali, between Sunday and Monday.
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Dogon village ‘wiped out’ as 95 killed in central Mali attack
A Malian security source at the site of the massacre said "a Dogon village has been virtually wiped out".
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UN peacekeeper killed in Mali
The victim 'succumbed to his wounds following the armed attack by unidentified assailants' in Timbuktu, a statement said.
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Suspected jihadists kill 10 Mali soldiers - security source
A peace agreement signed in 2015 by the Bamako government and armed groups was aimed at restoring stability. But the accord has failed to stop the violence.
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Malian government resigns as anger mounts over massacre
Mali has been struggling to restore stability since Islamist extremists linked to Al-Qaeda took control of the country's vast desert north in early 2012.
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Five suspects held over Mali massacre
The men were discovered among survivors being treated at a hospital after the slaughter of Fulani herders by suspected militiamen from a rival ethnic group.
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Mali leader sacks generals, disbands vigilantes after massacre
The ethnic bloodshed took place less than a week after a deadly assault by jihadists on an army post killed at least 23 soldiers, also in Mali’s central region.
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At least 134 Fulani herders killed in central Mali's worst violence yet
The assaults on the villages of Ogossagou and Welingara took place as a UN Security Council mission visited Mali seeking solutions to violence.
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More than 130 killed in Mali massacre as UN visits
The attack was launched at dawn on Saturday in the village near the border with Burkina Faso, said several sources. The district has been the scene of frequent inter-communal violence.
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17 killed in Mali by booby-trapped corpse: security sources
The incident occurred on Tuesday in Diankabou with a local official telling AFP it was caused by 'an explosive device which was planted on the body of a man who had been shot dead'.
