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🏳️🇲🇱✈️Result of Mali Air Force airstrikes on Achibriche, near Ti-n-Zaouâtene (controlled by Azawad separatists)
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🏴🇲🇱Dogon militia leader once again threatens Malians
Yusuf Toloba, leader of the anti-jihadist militia Dan Na Ambassagu, has turned this time to "colonels from Bamako" [the ruling junta] rather than local authorities
🗣From him sprinkled a number of just demands - to ensure the safety of Bankass, suffering no less than Menaka. And also Bandiagara, for the surrounding villages are constantly under attack by militants of the al-Qaeda affiliated JNIM.
📌 Note that Dan Na Ambassagu is not a pro-government militia like the GATIA or MSA, but rather the Dozo hunters - a traditional warrior society that exists among many West African peoples. They have their own ancient traditions, rules, and initiations, most notably the Dogon.
🔻 In the case of the Malian conflict, the Dozo began to perform the role of self-defense units, designed to protect the population from jihadists, however, they often commit crimes themselves, of course, an armed group, no one is essentially uncontrollable,
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has sent a request to the authorities of Niger to assist in the release of two employees of a Russian company captured by terrorists in the republic.
We would like to remind you that these are geologists who fell into the hands of militants of the al-Qaeda-affiliated group Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin in the Tillaberi region.
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🇲🇱🏳️⚠️An al Qaeda affiliated group JNIM, attacked the Dan Na Ambassagu militia in the village of Modiodio.
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🇲🇱The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Mali (FAMa) reported on the army's latest actions
Surprisingly, the communiqué is quite restrained and does not contain excessive propaganda unlike others.
▪️ So, the general staff rightly recognized the loss over the base in Kouakourou. After al Qaeda-affiliated JNIM fighters occupied and looted it, according to the Malians, they were hit by an air strike.
▪️ As for Ti-n-Zaouâtene, they claimed only one vehicle was destroyed, as is the case.
In general, the Malian army tries to recognize its mistakes and soberly assess the situation. All this is necessary in order not to repeat the experience of underestimating the enemy.
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