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Five soldiers killed in Mali roadside attack
[Al Jazeera] Five Malian soldiers have been killed in a roadside kaboom, a government front man said, in the latest attack to hit the West African country's volatile central region.The troops were travelling in the region of Alatona, near the border with Mauritania, when their convoy hit a bomb on Monday morning, destroying four vehicles. "Reinforcements are already in place for the operation to neutralise the enemies," government front man Yaya Sangare said on Twitter. Related: Mauritania: 2020-01-04 Losing party in Guinea-Bissau vote appeals result Mauritania: 2019-12-22 France kills 33 militants in Mali raid: president Mauritania: 2019-12-09 In first trip beyond Egypt since 2017, Hamas chief Haniyeh arrives in Turkey Posted by: Fred 2020-01-07 |
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