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10 Malian Troops Killed in Suspected Jihadist Attack A Malian military official said the assailants had suffered "major casualties" but did not give details. Ten troops were killed in Mali’s troubled central region early Wednesday when their camp came under attack from jihadists, security sources said. Their position at Boni, located between Douentza and Hombori in the Mopti region, was attacked by “heavily armed individuals in armoured vehicles,” one source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Several soldiers were injured, the source said, an account confirmed by another security...

Published date: 15 January 2021 16:54 UTC | Last update: 2 days ago The French say they killed armed fighters, but like US attacks on Yemen, Afghanistan or Somalia, there is no proof that those killed by the recent drone strikes were combatants A French Reaper drone is pictured at a military base in Niamey, Niger, on 15 December 2019 (AFP) On the afternoon of 3 January, the French military deployed a Reaper drone over the village of Bounti in central Mali. The drone dropped three bombs on a dwelling in an open area outside the village, killing dozens...

A UN soldier among peacekeepers who were attacked in Mali on Wednesday has died from his wounds, bring the death toll to four, the United Nations said Thursday. A detachment of Ivorian peacekeepers was travelling between Douentza and Timbuktu in the northwest when it hit one or more roadside bombs before coming under fire, its MINUSMA peacekeeping mission said. Three were killed, and "a fourth Blue Helmet has sadly died of his wounds," MINUSMA...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 January 2021 The death toll from an attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali has risen to four after another soldier died from his wounds, the United Nations said Thursday. A detachment of Ivorian peacekeepers was travelling between Douentza and Timbuktu in the northwest on Wednesday when it hit one or more roadside bombs before coming under fire, the UN’s MINUSMA peacekeeping mission said. Three were killed in the attack, and “a fourth Blue Helmet has sadly died of his wounds,” MINUSMA spokesman Olivier Salgado said on social media. Several other peacek...

Share This: File photo of French armored vehicles: French Ministry of Defense A suicide car bomber attacked a French vehicle convoy in Mali and wounded six French troops. This is the third attack on French troops in the past few weeks. Two previous attacks had resulted in five troops killed and more wounded.  The French Defense Ministry released a statement saying that a joint French and Malian military convoy was traveling in armored fighting vehicles near Gouma early on Friday when a vehicle approached at high speed. This area is where the borders of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso meet.