Mali\u2019s armed forces have killed 80 militants in response to a series of simultaneous and coordinated attacks on military posts across the country, according to a video statement released by the army on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“The enemy suffered significant losses in every location where they engaged with the security and defense forces,” Souleymane Dembele, the army’s spokesperson, said in a special bulletin broadcast on the armed forces’ television channel, as visuals of fallen insurgents, their weapons, motorbikes, and vehicles were displayed.<\/p>\n
Al Qaeda affiliate Jama\u2019at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) earlier claimed responsibility for “coordinated and high-quality attacks,” saying it had taken control of over three barracks and dozens of military positions.<\/p>\n
Mali’s armed forces said the attacks took place in seven towns in the central and western regions of the West African country.<\/p>\n
The incidents bore the hallmarks of other recent operations by the militants, who have conducted\u00a0similar assaults\u00a0on military positions in Mali and Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n
Mali, governed by a military junta since 2020, has for more than a decade fought insurgent groups linked to\u00a0Islamic State and al Qaeda, while contending with a longer history of Tuareg-led rebellions in the north.<\/p>\n
The attacks on Tuesday targeted Diboli in western Mali near the border with Senegal, and the nearby towns of Kayes and Sandere. There were also attacks in Nioro du Sahel and Gogoui, northwest of the capital Bamako near the border with Mauritania, and in Molodo and Niono in central Mali, “all struck by shellfire,” the army’s statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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