2023-12-14 16:25:16
An attack attributed to jihadists left many dead this week in central Mali, with local interlocutors speaking on Thursday, December 14, of dozens of Malian soldiers and civilians killed. For its part, the army was content on Thursday to report an attack “terrorist” against the Farabougou camp on Tuesday, which it pushed back the same day, but it did not communicate the human toll of the fighting.
Central Mali is one of the centers of the violence that is bloodying the Sahel. The collection and verification of information is complicated by the difficulty of accessing remote sites and independent sources, in a generally degraded context.
The authorities, dominated by the colonels who took power by force in 2020, are reluctant to communicate on the losses suffered and claim to have the upper hand over the armed groups.
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“Around sixty military and civilian deaths” mentioned
“If we count the military and civilian deaths and the people we have no news of, that’s at least sixty-two people”, also declared a resident, who also wishes to remain anonymous. He himself declared that he had not heard from two of his brothers. “I don’t know if they were killed or if they are on the run or in hiding”he said.
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The army admitted on Thursday that an attack had taken place. She delivered “a vigorous response which made it possible to repel a terrorist attack targeting the Farabougou camp”she said in a brief statement published on social networks.
Since 2012, Mali has been plagued by the actions of groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State organization, violence by proclaimed self-defense groups and banditry. The security crisis is coupled with a profound humanitarian and political crisis.
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