country in Africa.
At least five soldiers were killed and five were wounded
on Sunday in twin attacks blamed on jihadists in central Mali, army
and local sources said.
A military convoy was ambushed en route from the village of
Goma-Coura to Diabaly town, a local elected official told AFP while
requesting anonymity.
He said four pickup trucks and an armoured vehicle were missing
after the attack.
Simultaneously, a camp at Goma-Coura came under artillery fire,
the army said in a statement posted on its Twitter account, which
also reported the ambush.
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Some vehicles were destroyed, it said, adding that casualties on
the “enemy” side were not yet known.
An ambush on a military convoy blamed on jihadists, also in
central Mali, left 24 soldiers dead on June 15.
Jihadists unleashed a revolt in northern Mali in 2012 that has
since spread to the centre of the poor Sahel country and to Burkina
Faso and Niger despite the presence of thousands of French and UN
troops.
AFP
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