KYIV — Mercenaries from the Russian Wagner Group are back fighting on the front line in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian military official told POLITICO on Wednesday. Several hundred fighters from the group once ruled by now-dead warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin were spotted fighting in the ranks of different Russian military units on the eastern front, said …
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Military juntas of , and signed a security pact on Saturday promising to help each other in the event of any rebellion insurgency or external aggression. The Liptako-Gourma Charter will create the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Mali’s junta leader Assimi Goita posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. Its aim is to “establish an …
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The assailants attacked the boat on a waterway that connects the northern regions of Gao and Mopti during the rainy season, and raided the camp in the Bourem Circle, in Gao region. A resident and local official said the boat was transporting soldiers. Around 50 assailants were killed in subsequent fighting, the interim government said. …
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Attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on river Niger in northern Mali on Thursday by terrorists killed 64 people, a Malian official said. The two separate attacks targeted the Timbuktu boat on the Niger river and an army position at Bamba in the northern Gao region with “a provisional toll of 49 …
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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 Malian military position in Bamba further …
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BAMAKO, Mali — Two attacks by Islamist 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 read on state television. A passenger boat near the city of Timbuktu on the Niger River and a Malian military …
Attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on the Niger River in northern Mali on Thursday, claimed by jihadists, killed 64 people, Mali’s government said. The assaults were “claimed” by a group affiliated to Al-Qaeda.(AFP/ Representative) The two separate attacks targeted the Timbuktu boat on the Niger river and an army position at …
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Armed groups have attacked a passenger boat and military camp in Mali, killing at least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers, according to the country’s armed forces. Approximately 50 assailants were also killed in the attack. “On September 7, 2023, at around 11am [11:00 GMT]armed terrorist groups with fatal designs attacked a boat from COMANAV [a …
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The two separate attacks targeted the Timbuktu boat on the Niger river and an army position at Bamba, in the northern Gao region with “a provisional toll of 49 civilians and 15 soldiers killed”, according to a government statement. It did not specify how many died in each assault, but the assaults were “claimed” by …
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A sign on the northern road exiting in Gao, Northern Mali, reads “welcome to the Islamic state of Gao” on Jan. 30, 2013. Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less a year. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption toggle caption Jerome Delay/AP A sign on the northern road exiting in …
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement, United Nations experts said in a new report. The stalled implementation of the …
Gunmen killed at least 21 civilians in an attack on a village in central Mali’s insurgency-hit Mopti region on Friday, two local sources said on Saturday. The unidentified assailants struck in the afternoon, targeting the village of Yarou near the town of Bandiagara, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “It was real carnage, …
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