Malian Jihadists attack G5 Sahel anti-terror base

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UN peacekeepers in Mali: Jihadists attack  G5 Sahel base

The Malian headquarters of an anti-terror task force, the G5 Sahel, came under attack on Friday, killing six persons  and leaving many injured, according to a provisional toll.

A suicide bomber tried to penetrate the base at Sevare in central Mali, according to a security source, while a local orange seller, Haoussa Haidara, said “there was a huge blast” followed by gunfire which lasted more than an hour.

It is the first attack on the headquarters of the joint force, set up in 2017 to roll back jihadist insurgents and criminal groups in the vast, unstable Sahel region.

It came three days before a meeting in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott between French President Emmanuel Macron and the heads of the G5 Sahel states to discuss progress made by the force.

Six people were killed in the attack, according to a hospital and a military source, giving an interim toll.

“We transported the bodies and the injured…



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