Mali: Inhabitants of Villages in the Circle of Bankass Return After Agreements with Jihadists of the Jnim

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In Mali, the inhabitants of about ten villages in the circle of Bankass, Mopti region, in central Mali, have returned home. They had fled the violence of the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (Jnim) and had been living in internally displaced persons for almost seven years for some. After long refusing to enter into local agreements with the al-Qaeda-related group, the local and customary authorities have finally resigned in recent weeks to compl…