| Published Sun, April 29th 2018 at 09:31, Updated April 29th 2018 at 09:35 GMT +3Suspected jihadists kill 40 Tuaregs in north Mali. [Photo: Courtesy]Suspected jihadists killed 40 Tuaregs, mostly young men, in two attacks in northern Mali’s Menaka region, which the local governor said seemed calculated to spark an ethnic conflict between Tuareg and Fulani herders. Islamic State’s Saharan affiliate is active in the Menaka region bordering Niger. It is led by an Arabic-speaking north African called Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, but the majority of its fighters are Fulani. “The MSA is fighting the Islamist groups, which are composed mostly of Fulani,” Maiga said.

Source: Standard Digital April 29, 2018 06:33 UTC