Local authorities said the accident was due to “the driver’s failure to control the vehicle.”
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The peacekeepers were withdrawing from a rebel stronghold in northern Mali.
France24 says At least 15 soldiers and three civilians were killed in coordinated “terrorist” attacks in Mali, the chronically unstable country’s army said Wednesday, the latest deadly violence to rock the Sahel state.
The Independent says Russian mercenaries and Malian soldiers have been accused of killing hundreds of men in a town in central Mali last month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
The Independent says France is hosting a summit on Wednesday devoted to the fight against Islamic extremists in West Africa as Paris considers withdrawing its troops from Mali.
French air attack in Mali killed 19 unarmed civilians, UN says Aljazeera says a French air attack in January killed at least 19 civilians at…
WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP This week’s roundup of the News headlines includes: Iraq condemns the attack on the Iranian consulate, which was set on fire by…
Thirteen French soldiers have been killed in a crash in Mali after two helicopters collided. French President Macron has expressed “deep sadness” over a crash…
BRIEF – ME! – WORLD NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, one peacekeeper has been killed and five wounded after a roadside bomb detonated in northern Mali. …
Last month, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, announced it had recorded “at least 488 deaths” in attacks since 2018