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Jihadists Take Control of Strategic Mali Town

Farabougou, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of the capital Bamako, is of strategic importance given its central position in the Segou region.

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Islamists in Mali seem to be able to record an important success: according to local representatives, the strategically important city of Farabougou falls into their hands. The army had to withdraw from one of its largest bases in the region before.

Armed men have taken control of Farabougou, a strategic town in central Mali where they have imposed sharia law, a week after seizing the town's army camp, local sources told AFP on Thursday. Amid escalating militant attacks in the Sahel country, the capture of Farabougou holds symbolic significance. One of the first actions taken by the military junta after seizing power in 2020 was to lift a jihadist siege on the town, home to hundreds of resi…

Al-Qaeda jihadists took control of a strategic location in central Mali and imposed their rules on the residents: restrictions on women, a ban on music, cigarettes and alcohol.

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Al-Qaeda jihadists have seized control of the strategic town of Farabugu in central Mali, imposing their own law on residents, a week after seizing the town's military base, local sources told AFP on Thursday. The capture of Farabugu is symbolic amid a resurgence of jihadist violence in the Sahel country. One of the first measures taken by the junta, which took power in 2020, was to end the jihadist blockade of the village, which has several hun…

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The New Indian Express broke the news in India on Thursday, August 28, 2025.
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