A Malian army convoy leaving the strategic northern town of Anefis was attacked on Saturday morning by Tuareg separatists, military and security officials said. Fighters from the Tuareg separatist movement FLA and the Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group JNIM temporarily seized the town on July 4 in the latest in a series of coordinated attacks in the West African country. “Our…
EgyptAir has cancelled its hajj flights to and from crisis-struck Mali, directly impacting more than 4,000 people, the country’s pilgrimage-organizing body said Saturday. The cancellations come as the west African nation faces a dire security situation, with separatist and jihadist rebels targeting its authoritarian junta.Large-scale attacks at multiple junta strongholds last weekend killed the country’s defence minister, and jihadists…
Jihadists and Tuareg separatists in Mali have taken control of the key northern town of Kidal after coordinated attacks on strategic junta positions across the country, an ally of the local governor and local sources said. Two days of fierce fighting between the army and jihadists allied with Tuareg rebels have plunged the junta-led west African country into uncertainty…
