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Fresh attack kills 4 soldiers in Mali’s troubled north
Jan 28, 2018 14:19Militants have launched a fresh attack on military personnel in Mali’s lawless northern desert region, killing four soldiers.
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Unidentified gunmen kill 14 soldiers in central Mali
Jan 27, 2018 14:58At least 14 soldiers have been killed and 17 others sustained injuries in the central Malian city of Timbuktu after unknown gunmen attacked their camp, according to military sources.
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Mine blast kills 3 Malian soldiers hunting for extremists
Dec 28, 2017 10:52Three soldiers were killed in central Mali on Thursday by a mine blast as they hunted for suspected extremists, the army announced in a statement.
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Gunmen kill 12 Niger gendarmes near Mali border
Oct 21, 2017 11:28Gunmen mounted on pick-up trucks and motorcycles killed 12 gendarmes and wounded several in an attack on their base in western Niger, near the Mali border, on Saturday, two security sources said.
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Nutrition crisis deepening in Mali’s conflict-affected areas: UNICEF
Oct 09, 2017 16:30The United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) has warned that the lives of tens of thousands of children in Mali are being threatened by acute malnutrition as violence and instability fuel a deepening nutrition crisis in the West African country.
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Mali will never cooperate with Iran's enemies: Speaker
Oct 08, 2017 09:18President of the National Assembly of Mali says many African countries are willing to have expanded relations with Iran and that his country will never cooperate with the country's enemies.
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Three US commandos killed, 2 injured near Mali border in Niger
Oct 05, 2017 02:53Three US Army special operations commandos have been killed and two others injured in Niger
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Mali urges UN Security Council to fight extremists in Sahel
Jun 17, 2017 09:34Mali’s foreign minister on Friday pressed the UN Security Council to quickly adopt a resolution endorsing the creation of a special force to fight the extremists increasingly plaguing North Africa's Sahel region.
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UN to deploy 'rapid intervention force' in Central Mali
May 18, 2017 03:38A rapid intervention force of Senegalese troops will soon be deployed in Central Mali, which has seen an increase in militant attacks and communal violence since 2015, the new UN peacekeeping chief says.
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French soldiers ‘kill, capture 20 militants’ in Mali
May 01, 2017 09:18French forces in Western Africa say they have killed or captured about 20 militants in a restive region in Mali near Burkina Faso.