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BAMAKO, Mali — Two attacks by Islamic insurgents in the restive north of Mali on Thursday killed 49 civilians and 15 government soldiers, according to a provisional death toll given by the country’s military junta. A passenger boat near the city of Timbuktu on the Niger River and a
A military camp in Mali’s restive north has been attacked a day after two separate assaults by al-Qaida-linked insurgents killed 49 civilians and 15 government soldiers. The military said in a brief statement that it was responding to Friday's attack in the Gao region. Thursday’s attacks targeted a passenger boat near the city of Timbuktu and a military position in Bamba further downstream in Gao. The military junta says responsibility for the attacks was claimed by JNIM, an umbrella coalition of armed groups aligned with al-Qaida. It says it killed about 50 assailants while r...
Authorities are yet to give details on any casualties from the attack, which put German soldiers nearby on high alert. Just one day prior, two assaults by suspected jihadis killed dozens of people.
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The attack comes after an al-Qaeda-linked alliance, the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM), announced last month that it was blockading Timbuktu, the historic crossroads city of northern Mali.