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Swedish troops join French-led Takuba task force in Mali 708 shares 05/02/2021 - 22:46 Swedish soldiers have deployed in a new European special forces mission fighting jihadists in Mali. Daphné BENOIT AFP 2 min Swedish soldiers have deployed in a new European special forces mission fighting jihadists in Mali, French military sources said on Friday.  Advertising Read more "The first operations have been carried out," French military spokesman Frederic Barbry said of the Swedes,...

Several Malian troops killed in suspected jihadist attack in central Mopti region 118 shares 03/02/2021 - 22:19 The Malian troops were killed when their camp in the Mopti region came under attack. © AFP - ALAIN JOCARD / File picture 3 min Ten troops were killed in Mali’s troubled central region early on Wednesday when their camp came under attack from jihadists, security sources said. Advertising Read more Their position at Boni, located between Douentza and Hombori in the Mo...

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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — At least 20 people have been killed in an airstrike on a village in central Mali where Islamic extremists had confronted a wedding party, witnesses said Tuesday. The French military said “several dozens” of extremists were killed in a Sunday afternoon airstrike led by French fighter jets close to the village of Bounti. There was no immediate comment from the Malian government. A French military spokesman, Col. Frederic Barbry, denied a connection between the strike and a wedding party, saying such a link “does not correspond to information collected prior to the a...

France said it killed dozens of fighters in a weekend air raid in central Mali, while several villagers and a local group said up to 20 wedding guests were killed by fire from a helicopter. Villagers in Bounti said a lone helicopter opened fire in broad daylight on Sunday, sowing panic among a crowd gathered for a wedding. “It was run for your lives,” resident Ahmadou Ghana said. Another villager, Mady Dicko, added: “We were surprised by the intensity of the strike. The helicopter was flying very low.” On Sunday, Tabital Pulakuu, an association that promotes the culture of Mali’s F...