Insurgents kill dozens in Mali base and attack Timbuktu: Reuters

Mali says two more army posts attacked as jihadist violence escalates

Islamist militants hit two more military installations on Wednesday and Thursday, Mali's army said, the latest

Jihadist violence escalates in Mali with two more attacks on army posts

Bamako — Jihadist militants hit two more military installations on Wednesday and Thursday, Mali’s army said, the latest in a quick spate of attacks that the insurgents say have killed hundreds of soldiers and underscored their gains. Ground and air reinforcements were being mobilised on Thursday morning to respond to an attack on a security post in Mahou, located in eastern Mali near the border with Burkina Faso, an army

Extremists kill dozens of soldiers at a Mali military base, sources say

Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali. That's according to civil society and military sources.

Twin attacks leave dozens of Malian soldiers dead amid escalating violence

The attacks mark one of the deadliest escalations in Mali’s ongoing security crisis, underscoring the growing threat of jihadist violence

Terrorists attack Mali army base, Timbuktu airport - Daily Trust

A Malian army base came under attack on Monday, and shells were fired at the airport in the northern city of Timbuktu, where heavy gunfire was heard, the army, local officials and residents said. Junta-ruled Mali has since 2012 faced attacks from groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, as well as separatist movements and criminal gangs. For several months in 2012, jihadists took control of the fabled desert city of Timbuktu. The a…