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Suspected jihadists kill at least 16 Tuaregs in northern Mali
The attacks occurred on Tuesday in the village of Tindibawen, 160km east of the town of Menaka near the border with Niger, and in a nearby village, Menaka Mayor...
The opposition SADI party accused the army of executing 7 men who had been attending a religious celebration in the village of Nangarabakan in the Segou region on 21 February.
Late last month, a landmine explosion in Mopti region killed 26 people and wounded several others, many of them from Burkina Faso.
Fighting between Tuareg groups has intensified in recent weeks in the north, threatening to derail a 2015 peace agreement.
The clashes began when a Bambara storekeeper was killed in a town near Macina, about 300 km northeast of the capital Bamako.
At least 103 peaeckeepers have died since the start of the mission in April 2013.
The increase will bring the force’s maximum size to 13,289 military personnel and 1,920 police.
Ban Ki-moon’s report to the Security Council calls for increasing the maximum number of UN soldiers in Mali.
A northern Tuareg separatist group denies that any deal has been struck.
The group said in a statement the proposal failed to meet expectations.
French forces have killed around a dozen militants in the region of the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains.
The soldier's death raised to 10 the number of French soldiers killed since France intervened in Mali.
AU official said the organisation is making progress towards a regional military force by end of 2015.
The mission said a car packed with explosives was driven up to the entrance of the UN base and detonated.
Police say they have identified the owner of the vehicle believed to have been used by the assailants.
Gunmen have freed four election workers a day after they were kidnapped in Mali.
The Malian army captain who led a coup in 2012 has apologised to the nation for his actions.
Liberia has sent about 50 troops to Mali to join UN peacekeeping troops.
The deal could pave the way for Malian government troops to return to the rebel-held town of Kidal.