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  20 peacekeepers wounded in Mali attack: UN

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 12:07am on February 11, 2021

  Around 20 United Nations peacekeepers were wounded in an attack on their base in central Mali on Wednesday, a UN spokesperson said, offering a provisional...

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  Member of UN peacekeeping mission killed in Mali bomb blast

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 09:59am on January 16, 2021

  The United Nations said one of its peacekeepers died when a convoy travelling through northern Mali hit a makeshift roadside bomb on Friday, the fifth...

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  Mali troops kill dozen jihadists

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 10:29pm on December 27, 2020

  The Malian army said Saturday it killed around a dozen alleged jihadists when a military convoy was attacked near the border with Burkina Faso. The...

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  French soldier in Mali shoots two comrades in drunken fight

  Agence France-Presse   . Paris | Updated at 06:50pm on December 26, 2020

  A French soldier deployed to Mali as part of the Barkhane force fighting extremist insurgents has wounded two comrades with a pistol while drunk, the...

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  Mali seizes $8.5 million gold hidden in car

  Agence France-Presse .Bamako | Updated at 10:28am on December 22, 2020

  Customs officers in southern Mali have seized gold estimated to be worth seven million euros — $8.5 million — hidden in a car, officials said...

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  BAF to replace Mali contingent

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:19am on December 22, 2020

  Bangladesh Air Force is going to replace its 110-member contingent at United Nations Mission in Mali. Chief of air staff Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat...

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  140 police personnel leave for Mali peacekeeping mission

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 11:53pm on December 05, 2020

  A Bangladesh Police team left for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali on a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Friday night. The 140-member strong...

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  French troops kill Al-Qaeda-aligned jihadist commander in Mali

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 03:39pm on November 14, 2020

  France announced on Friday that its anti-jihadist force in Mali had killed the military commander of an Al-Qaeda-aligned group linked to attacks in the region,...

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  French airstrikes kill 50 Qaeda-linked jihadists in Mali

  Agence France-Presse .Bamako | Updated at 10:37am on November 03, 2020

  The French government said on Monday that its forces had killed more than 50 jihadists aligned to Al-Qaeda in airstrikes in central Mali. The offensive...

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  UN peacekeeper killed in Mali roadside bomb

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 10:32pm on October 16, 2020

  A UN peacekeeper was killed in northern Mali and another seriously wounded after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb on Thursday, the UN mission said....