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The announcement by came after the nation's military took the town of Kidal from predominantly Tuareg rebel groups.

Ethnic Tuareg rebels, who have long controlled much of the north from Kidal, last month seized a base vacated by the departing U.N. peacekeeping mission, raising the spectre of a showdown as the army headed north to take it back.

Mali's army drove closer on Saturday to the town of Kidal clashing with Tuareg separatist and rebel groups in what could signal the start of fighting for the strategically important northern crossroads.The Permanent Strategic Framework (CSP), an alliance of predominantly Tuareg armed groups said it had been involved in "vigorous combat" against a convoy of army soldiers and mercenaries from Russia's Wagner group.

Tuareg rebels attack a northern town as the UN mission continues its withdrawal from Mali.

In northern Mali, attacks have surged by over twofold since the completion of the initial phase of U.N. peacekeeper withdrawal last month, following a...