Bamako, July 10 (IANS) Strategic positions held by armed terrorist groups in Anefis, in Mali’s northern Kidal region, were cleared before the arrival of a major logistics convoy from Gao, the Malian army said Friday.In a statement, the General Staff of the Malian Armed Forces said the army continued joint operations in several operational areas.According to the statement, the army had cleared strategic positions held by terrorists in Anefis 48 hours before the convoy’s arrival, restoring conditi…
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Dakar, July 9 (IANS) The Malian forces have neutralised about 100 terrorists during operations carried out on Wednesday in the areas of Anefis and Tabrichat in northern Mali, authorities said on Thursday.In a statement, the General Staff of the Armed Forces said the Malian Armed Forces, in coordination with their partners, continued operations against armed terrorist groups it described as affiliated with the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims and the Azawad Liberation Front.According to…
Bamako, July 7 (IANS) The Malian army said on Tuesday that more than 200 terrorists were neutralised during coordinated air and ground operations carried out in Anefis in the country’s northern Kidal region.According to a statement issued by the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Monday’s operations involved 35 airstrikes. The provisional toll also included five armoured vehicles, around 20 pickup trucks and about 100 motorcycles destroyed, Xinhua news agency reported.The army said operations by…
Bamako, July 4 (IANS) The Malian Armed Forces said Saturday that attacks against several military positions in the country earlier in the day were repelled and the situation was “fully under control.”In a statement, the army said the attacked positions were located in Aguelhok, Anefis and Gao in northern Mali, Sevare in the country’s central region, as well as Kenioroba, south of the capital Bamako, Xinhua news agency reported.According to the statement, 20 terrorists riding motorcycles or trave…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) In a significant step towards strengthening bilateral economic ties, India and Mali institutionalised their growing commercial partnership through the inaugural India-Mali Forum for the Promotion of Exports, setting the stage for deeper trade and investment cooperation between the two countries, according to a statement issued by the Commerce and Industry Ministry on Friday. The two-day forum, held in Bamako under the theme “Reinforcing Trade and Strategic Partnerships”,…
United Nations, June 4 (IANS) Some 24 million people across the Sahel region need humanitarian assistance, a UN spokesperson has said.Speaking to reporters at a daily briefing on Wednesday (local time), Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said this year’s Humanitarian Needs and Response Overview warns that the crisis is deepening across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, northern Cameroon and northeast Nigeria.Violence continues to spread across the region, with armed gro…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Over 70 people were killed last week in a fresh wave of jihadist attacks in central Mali. The attacks were claimed by the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), a terror group closely linked to the Al-Qaeda.Following the death of Osama Bin Laden and other senior functionaries of the outfit, many had presumed that the Al-Qaeda is on its decline. The outfit even launched its wing called the All-Qaeda in the Sub-Continent (AQIS). The outfit was launched in Afghanistan…
Bamako, May 8 (IANS) As terror group Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), closely linked to Al-Qaeda (AQ), rapidly tightens its grip over Mali, experts reckon that the threat is no longer limited to Africa and similar patterns are appearing in different regions. It is like a “waterbed” – pressure in one area causes it to resurface in another, a report highlighted on Friday. Writing for Usanas Foundation, Peter Knoope, noted counter-terrorism and international cooperation expert, express…
Bamako, May 2 (IANS) More than 200 attackers were killed in targetted airstrikes carried out by Malian armed forces on Friday morning, Mali’s state television reported on Saturday.The report, citing a statement from the General Staff of the Armed Forces, said the strikes targeted a large column of armed militants that had crossed from a neighbouring border area and was allegedly preparing fresh attacks.According to an initial army assessment, four pickup trucks mounted with heavy weapons and mor…
Addis Ababa, April 30 (IANS) The African Union (AU) on Thursday condemned the assassination of Mali’s Defence Minister Sadio Camara following a recent coordinated terrorist attack that targeted different parts of the country.The AU’s Peace and Security Council, in a statement issued Thursday following the council’s recent meeting on the security situation in Mali, expressed deep concern over the widespread coordinated attacks, systematic killings, and displacements of the Malian population by te…