Militants Stage Deadly Raid in Central Mali

Gunmen suspected to be al-Qaida militants have killed at least five people in an attack on a town in central Mali. Officials in Mali said fighters struck before dawn Monday on Nampala, storming the town. It’s located about 530 kilometers northeast of the capital, Bamako, and near the border with Mauritania. The dead included at least three Malian soldiers and two militants, a Nampala official told VOA’s French to Africa Service. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but...

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