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BAMAKO, (AA): Dozens of people have been killed in a violent clash between a pro-government militia group and a separatist umbrella organization in northern Mali, a local source told Anadolu Agency Friday. The clashes started on Tuesday in Kidal between fighters of the pro-government group, GATIA, and armed members of the separatist Coordination of Movements […]

23rd Jul 2016

Mali: Dozens killed in clashes between rebel groups

KIDAL, (AA): Dozens of people were killed early Friday in a violent clash between a pro-government militia group and a Tuareg separatist movement in Kidal, in northern Mali, local sources told Anadolu Agency. The clashes took place between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning between Gatia, a pro-government Tuareg and Arab militia and members of the […]

13th Jun 2016

Mali: 11 killed in fresh violence in northern Mali

BAMAKO, (AA): At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in fresh violence that erupted over the weekend in northern Mali, local sources told Anadolu Agency. Clashes erupted between Gatia, a pro-government self-defense group, and Ganda Izo, a group near Tinhabou, northern Mali said to defend sedentary and semi-nomadic groups, Yehia Tandina, head […]

6th Feb 2016

Mali: Siege ends in Hotel and UN base in Timbuktu

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AA) – A hotel and UN base siege in Mali’s Timbuktu that left at least one soldier and four attackers dead has ended, security sources have told Anadolu Agency. “A Malian soldier and at least four attackers died in the attack … Niang, a Malian officer who was part of the counter-offensive operation […]

25th Dec 2015

Mali: 6 civilians killed by insurgents in N Mali

TIMBUKTU, (AA): Local media are reporting that six civilians have been killed by an armed separatist group in Mali’s northern province of Kidal. The assailants, suspected of being affiliated with the armed Ansar-ud Din insurgent group – an ally of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb – attacked the town of Talahandaq late on Thursday. The […]

21st Nov 2015

Mali: 22 killed in terrorist hotel siege in Bamako

BAMAKO, (AA): At least 22 people, including 19 hostages and three attackers have been killed in the ongoing siege of the Radisson Blu Hotel in the Malian capital of Bamako, Malian security officials said Friday. Muslim leaders from several African countries have condemned Friday’s hostage taking in Mali and the recent wave of terrorist attacks in Nigeria and France. The […]

10th Aug 2015

Mali: 10 killed in fresh N Mali attack

BAMAKO, (AA): At least ten people were killed on Sunday in a fresh militant attack in northern Mali, two days after an attack on a hotel left 12 people dead, according to a Malian military spokesman. The spokesman, who insisted on anonymity, said the attack had occurred in the northern village of Gaberi. The village is located […]

8th Aug 2015

Mali: Hostages freed following deadly standoff at Byblos hotel in Sevare

BAMAKO, Mali (AA): Four UN workers who had been taken hostage by militants at a hotel in central Mali were freed on Saturday following a deadly standoff with security forces, according to a Defense Ministry official and a UN spokesperson. At least 12 people were killed in the standoff, which began on Friday at the Byblos Hotel […]

4th Aug 2015

Mali: 10 soldiers killed in attack on army base

TIMBUKTU, (AA): At least 10 Malian soldiers were killed on Monday in an attack on a National Guard base, local security sources told Anadolu Agency. According to the sources, who requested anonymity, at least 10 unidentified attackers assaulted the camp – located in Mali’s Gouma-Rharous commune, some 160 kilometers east of Timbuktu – at about 4 a.m. local time. […]

28th Jun 2015

Mali: Six killed in gunbattle

[Photo: Members of the security forces stands near La Terrace restaurant, in Bamako. File photo. Photographer: Baba Ahmed/AA] By Hatice Kesgin BAMAKO, (AA): Mali’s military has claimed at least six people, including two soldiers, have been killed in clashes with armed groups in the town of Nara in the west of the country. A Mali army representative […]

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