Eye on Africa - Tuareg Rebels in Control of Mali's Kidal
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Mali’s PM urges public 'not to give in to panic' after Kidal fall
Mali’s Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga is calling on citizens “not to give in to panic” after coordinated attacks by jihadist fighters and Tuareg separatists led to the fall of the strategic northern town of Kidal and the death of the country’s defence minister.
The attacks by jihadists and Tuareg rebels on positions of the junta in Mali continue. Russian soldiers have now withdrawn from Kidal.
Eye on Africa - Tuareg rebels in control of Mali's Kidal
In tonight's edition: Two days after a wave of coordinated attacks across the country, Mali remains on edge. Also, 42 people are killed in Chad after a clash between two families over a water point escalated into a cycle of reprisals. Plus Kenya's Sabastian Sawe smashes the two-hour barrier at the London Marathon.
The Prime Minister of the Transitional Government, Abdoulaye Maiga, claimed that the armed forces had "neutralized hundreds of terrorists".
The key-city of Kidal, located in northern Mali, is now under the control of Tuareg independant rebels and jihadist groups, after their series of coordinated attacks against the junta's strategic positions across the country on Saturday, 25 April.
The key town of Kidal in northeastern Mali has fallen to Tuareg separatists from the Azawad Liberation Front and jihadist groups.
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