Malian Soldiers

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  Mali Cuts Ties With Ukraine Over Alleged Involvement In Rebel Attack

  Mali is immediately cutting diplomatic ties with Ukraine over comments by a spokesperson for Ukraine's military intelligence agency (GUR) about fighting in its north that killed Malian soldiers and Wagner fighters in late July, it said on Sunday.

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  Russian Military "Advisor" In Mali Killed By Road Bomb

  A Russian national operating alongside Malian soldiers was killed by a roadside bomb in the centre of the conflict-torn Sahel state, an army document and officials said on Wednesday.

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  India Says It "Strongly Condemns" Terrorist Attack In Mali

  India on Friday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Mali this week in which 33 Malian soldiers were killed.

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  40 People Killed, 9 Soldiers Injured In Spate Of Attacks In Central Mali

  Forty people, including nine soldiers, have been killed in a spate of attacks in central Mali, authorities said Friday, with most of the deaths caused by inter-ethnic violence in the deeply troubled region.

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  Foreigners Rescued as Mali Hotel Siege Leaves Seven Dead

  Five foreigners have been evacuated and a "number" of hostages freed after they were trapped by gunmen in a hotel standoff with soldiers in central Mali that left at least seven people dead, military sources said early Saturday.

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  Mali Kills 3 'Terrorists' in Border Sweep: Sources

  Malian soldiers killed three "terrorists" on Wednesday during a cross-border search operation for jihadists backed by Ivorian troops, security sources said.

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  3 Mali Soldiers Killed in Jihadist Attack

  Three Malian soldiers died Saturday in a jihadist attack on the southwestern town of Nara, on the Mauritania border, with several Islamist fighters also killed, officials said.

• 'Around 50 Soldiers Killed in Recent Fighting in Mali's North'

  Malian Defence Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga has said around 50 soldiers had been killed during recent fighting with armed rebels in the northern desert town of Kidal.

• Malian Army Flees Kidal Amid Rebel Fighting

  Malian soldiers retreated from the northern town of Kidal on Wednesday after heavy gunbattles with ethnic Tuareg separatists, a major setback for the army less than a year after its highly unpopular return to the rebel stronghold.

• French soldier, about 10 rebels die in Mali clash

  French and Malian forces moving into far eastern Mali clashed with jihadist fighters in a spontaneous gunbattle on Wednesday, leaving a French soldier and about 10 insurgents dead, a French military spokesman said.

• Suicide bomber injures soldier at Mali checkpoint: source

  A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up at a Malian government military checkpoint 100 km (60 miles) north of the northern city of Gao on Friday, injuring one soldier, a Mali military officer said.

• Mali jihadists in custody say tortured by military

  Three suspected jihadists arrested in the days since the liberation of Timbuktu said Friday that Malian soldiers were torturing them with a method similar to waterboarding.

• Mali Prime Minister Cheik Modibo Diarra resigns after army arrest

  Malian Prime Minister Cheik Modibo Diarra announced the resignation of himself and his government early on Tuesday just hours after he was arrested at home by soldiers acting on the orders of ex-coup leader Amadou Sanogo.

• Mali Prime Minister arrested at home by soldiers

  Malian soldiers arrested Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra at his home late on Monday, acting on the orders of ex-coup leader Amadou Sanogo, a member of the premier's entourage told AFP.