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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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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'.
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French troops kill senior Islamist militant in Mali - govt
In an operation involving air and ground assets, French troops killed several militants, including Yahia Abou Hamman.
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Freed hostages thank Mali president in palace visit
Makan Doumbia, the prefect of Tenenkou commune in central Mali and journalist Issiaka Tamboura were received by Ibrahim Boubacar Keita at the presidential palace for lunch following their ordeals.
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Sex traffickers hold 20,000 Nigerian women, girls in Mali - agency
The women and girls, most aged 16-30, had been told they would be taken to Malaysia to work in hospitality but instead were forced into prostitution.
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Ten UN peacekeepers killed in attack in northern Mali
UN peacekeeping and French forces are stationed in northern Mali to combat well-armed jihadist groups seen as threatening security across Africa’s Sahel region.
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UN condemns 'vile' killing of eight UN peacekeepers in Mali
Eight peacekeepers have so far been confirmed dead and several others were wounded, he added in a statement.
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Gunmen kill more than 30 Tuaregs in ongoing Mali violence
The violence compounds an already dire security situation in the desert region used by jihadist groups to launch attacks in Mali and across West Africa.
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[ANALYSIS] Why competitive elections are not good for every democracy
Elections are supposed to hold politicians accountable: Officials who fear losing their seat will work harder for voters. But in some countries, political competition actually makes government worse.
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37 killed in hunter-farmer conflict in Mali
The attack on Koulogon village was carried out by 'armed men dressed like traditional dozo hunters' allied to the Dogon ethnic group.
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Several dozen killed near Mali’s border with Niger
The attack occurred in an area which has been badly hit by jihadist violence that has claimed several hundred lives this year, most of them civilians of Touareg or Peul ethnicity.
