A convoy of vehicles of the Coalition of the People of Azawad (CPA) are seen driving while patrolling the area near the Mali-Mauritania border to protect local populations from insecurity related to unrest caused by bandits , in Soumpi on January 22, 2020. (Photo by Souleymane Ag Anara / AFP)
At least six soldiers were killed and several were wounded in an overnight attack in central Mali, the army said Thursday, in fresh violence in the war-torn West African state.
The troops came under fire late Wednesday from “unidentified armed men” in Dioungani, an area in central Mali’s volatile Mopti region near the border with Burkina Faso, the army said on Twitter.
A security official who declined to be named said that, in an assault lasting several hours, the attackers overwhelmed the soldiers’ position before reinforcements took it back.
Local authorities and inhabitants have blamed the attack on jihadists.
The army gave a “provisional toll” of six dead and several…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
