Aug. 29 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Malian army announced on Wednesday that it had “neutralised” “a dozen terrorists” a few kilometres from the town of Tinzauatene, in the north of the country and close to the border with Algeria, “as part of the fight against terrorism” in Malian territory.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces have indicated that the attack took place on Tuesday morning, when they attacked from the air a “terrorist” position located 4 kilometers southeast of the aforementioned town. They have also reaffirmed their commitment to protect civilians and property, according to a statement published on their profile on the social network Facebook.
Mali and the rest of the Sahel countries have experienced an upsurge in violence, both jihadist at the hands of branches of Al Qaeda and Islamic State, and inter-community, amid reports of abuses by the army and mercenaries deployed by the Wagner Group to support Bamako in dealing with insecurity.
This situation has led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, all three governed by military juntas, to create the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) as a way of increasing cooperation in the fight against terrorism outside the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a bloc from which they have distanced themselves following the sanctions imposed following the series of coups d’état between 2020 and 2023 that overthrew elected presidents and ended the military in power.
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