Mali

France expects new international task force Takuba to deploy in Mali ‘by 2020’

France expects a new international special operations Task Force Takuba to deploy in Mali by 2020 to help train local troops, defense minister Florence Parly said

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French troops in Mali kill ‘second most-wanted terrorist in the Sahel’

French troops in Mali last month killed Ali Maychou, a senior figure in the al-Qaeda-linked Group to Support Islam and Muslims (JNIM)

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French soldier killed in Mali roadside bomb blast claimed by ISIS

A French soldier deployed to Operation Barkhane was killed between Gao and Menaka in Mali in an IED attack later claimed by Islamic State

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Mali: More than 50 killed in ‘terrorist attack’ in Indelilmane in Menaka region

At least 53 Mali soldiers were killed in a "terrorist attack" on a military post outpost in Indelimane in the locality of Ansongo in the Ménaka region

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Barkhane force ‘neutralizes’ 8 ISIS fighters during 9-day Mali operation

Commandos deployed to the France-led Operation Barkane counter-terrorism mission in the Sahel 'neutralized' eight Islamic State-affiliated fighters in Mali

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Denmark parliament approves deployments to Barkhane and MINUSMA in the Sahel

Denmark's parliament has approved two separate deployments of a C-130J and EH-101 helicopters to the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa

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Mali: UN peacekeeper killed, 5 injured in attacks in Aguelhok and Bandiagara

A UN peacekeeper was killed and four others injured when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb near Aguelhok in northern Mali

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France seeks international support for Sahel military coalition

France is asking European partners to send special forces to the Sahel for a coalition to shore up local forces increasingly targeted by jihadist attacks

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Mali: ‘Terrorists’ attack military posts at Boulkessi and Mondoro

Insurgents conducted attacks against military posts in Boulkessi and Mondoro in the Mopti region of Mali, near the border with Burkina Faso

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Mali troops killed in complex ‘terrorist’ attack between Douentza and Sevare

Seven military personnel were killed in a "complex attack" in central Mali's violence-torn Mopti region, FAMa said

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