US EditionSeveral killed as separatists clash with Malian army, Russian allies in the conflict-hit north
- Malian security forces reported that 10 separatists were killed during clashes over two days.
- The Azawad separatists claimed to have killed dozens of Malian soldiers and members of a Kremlin-controlled armed force.
- Fighting began with a military offensive in the Kidal region on Thursday, according to the Malian army.
- The violence occurred shortly after Wagner Group announced its departure from Mali, impacting security operations.
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Malian army, Russian allies suffer heavy losses in separatist ambush
DAKAR, Senegal: A separatist coalition battled Malian troops backed by Moscow-run mercenaries in the north of the country Friday, both sides and local sources said. The deadly clashes, involving the separatist Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) and the Moscow-run Africa Corps, follows a series of attacks on the military in recent weeks. In a statement Friday, the FLA said it had
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Several killed as separatists clash with Malian army, Russian allies in the conflict-hit north
Malian army says its soldiers clashed with members of an armed separatist group in the country's north, resulting in the death of 10 separatists.
A convoy of the Malian army and the Africa Corps – the Russian army substitutes who succeeded the Wagner group – fell on Friday, 13 June in an ambush by the independent rebels of the FLA (Azawad Liberation Front) between Anefis and Aguelhoc, in the north of the country. The FLA claims a "great victory". The Malian army, after having denied any attack, claims to have taken over.
The Azawad Liberation Front, a Tuareg-dominated independenceist rebellion, attacked a convoy of the Malian army and its Russian substitutes in the Kidal region, killing "many people".
Tuareg independenceists and Malian armed forces supported by the Russian mercenaries of the Africa Corps clashed in the north of the country on Friday, 13 June. Both sides claim to have killed "enemy fighters", "but we still have to wait for definitive figures," said an elected member of the region.
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