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Abductions by al-Qaeda and ISIL-affiliated groups have been frequent as Mali struggles to contain violence.
Source: aljazeera.com
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Abductions by al-Qaeda and ISIL-affiliated groups have been frequent as Mali struggles to contain violence.
Sixteen soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in an attack in central Mali on Wednesday, security and health officials in the war-torn Sahel state said.
Sixteen soldiers killed in central Mali attack
Owing to its instability, poverty, and remote location in the Sahel, Mali has been a hotbed of extremism over the past decade.
Malian army says nine soldiers killed near village of Bodio, Mopti region, but local officials put death toll higher.