Mali's army said on Saturday that it had killed "a dozen terrorists" including a French-Tunisian jihadist in air strikes in the centre of the Sahel nation. The armed forces carried out two strikes on Thursday "to neutralise a dozen terrorists in the forest of Ganguel" about 10 kilometres from the village of Moura, the general staff said in a press release. The UN mission in Mali has for days been asking in vain to be allowed to send a team of investigators to the area. Ruled by a military junta since August 2020, Mali has been in a political crisis since 2012. Thousands of soldiers and civilians have been killed in the conflict, and hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee their homes.

Source: News 24 April 17, 2022 22:01 UTC