The Malian Army recovers the bodies of those who died three months ago in combat with the Tuareg rebels

The CSP even claimed the death of 47 Malian soldiers and 84 mercenaries of the Wagner Group in Tinzauatene (north)

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The Malian Army reported this Tuesday on the recovery of the bodies of soldiers who died three months ago with the Tuareg rebels in the town of Tinzauatene, in the north of the country and next to the border with Algeria, all after having begun recently an operation in the Kidal region.

“For several days an area control operation has been carried out in the region of Kidal, in the northeast of Mali. It was during this advance by the Armed Forces that they reached the ambush area where violent fighting took place. last July, near Tinzauatene, and when the remains of comrades in arms who fell on the battlefield with honor have been recovered,” reads a statement from the Malian Army on its Facebook social network account.

After this, he assured that the bodies will be treated “in accordance with the regulatory procedures” of the Army and “buried with the greatest respect”, after which he sent his condolences to the affected families. “Their sacrifice continues to guide the Armed Forces in the continuation of the fight for the protection of populations and the preservation of territorial integrity,” the Army added.

The Tuareg rebels of the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security and Development (CSP-PSD) even claimed that their forces killed 84 mercenaries from the Wagner Group and 47 soldiers during the fighting in the town of Tinzauatene in one of the episodes bloodiest of the conflict reopened after the dissolution of the fragile peace agreement that reigned until the current Malian military junta came to power.

With the Algiers Agreement of 2015 signed between the Government and the Tuareg separatist groups, they became part of the Armed Forces, a ceasefire was sealed and it was proposed to provide more powers to the northern part of Mali, as well as the creation of a regional security force and a development plan.

However, the coming to power of the military junta after the coups d’état of 2020 and 2021 led to an increase in tensions and the subsequent outbreak of a conflict. The Tuareg rebels have taken up arms up to four times in 50 years to achieve, in some cases, greater autonomy or, in others, directly the independence of Bamako.