Sahel Zone

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Mali: Three Army Bases Simultaneously Attacked

Bamako — Six soldiers are dead and 20 wounded after Malian Army bases in the central cities of Sévaré, Niono, and Bapho were simultaneously attacked this morning by suspected terrorists.

An army press release says that the bases in the cities of Sévaré, Niono, and Bapho were attacked by "terrorists" in "kamikaze vehicles packed with explosives," and that in addition to the casualties, a helicopter was damaged. Sévaré is a town in Mali's Mopti Region and the site of the former headquarters of the G5 Sahel, an intergovernmental task force with member states Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. [...]

The Bapho military base is less than 20 kilometers from Ségou, Mali, a large regional and cultural capital more than 200 kilometers north of Bamako.

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