MALIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM KEY TESSALIT MILITARY CAMP. (PHOTO).
Malian army withdraws from key Tessalit military camp: sources Mali’s army and its Russian mercenary allies have surrendered Camp Tessalit, a strategic military post in the north, multiple sources told the AFP news agency on Friday. An official from the Tuareg-led separatist group claimed soldiers and mercenaries at the camp had "surrendered", following a fierce fight over the weekend. Simultaneous attacks in Mali by militants linked to Al Qaeda and separatist Tuareg rebels on April 25 showed how fighters from different groups with different goals were able to strike at the heart of the West African country's military government. Gunfire and explosions were reported in the capital Bamako and around a large military base outside the capital, as well as Gao and central areas, as gunfire continuing in the northern city of Kidal. Defence minister Sadio Camara was killed at his residence in Kati, a garrison town near the capital, Bamako, following the fierce weekend fighting...
Prof Dora Akunyili,the former minister of information and communication was rumoured to be suffering from an illness.Some press people knowing that Dora Akunyili is a delegate at the National conference,which is going in Abuja,was asking about her state of health.Dora replied saying,''Thank you for enquiry,there is a saying in Igboland that goes this way''Let the sickness take the flesh but leave the bones because with time the bones would grow new flesh''.I just came out of a major sickness for which i thank almighty God for delivering me.I know that God did thar for a purpose,this National Conference being part of that purpose.I am well now but only need time to put on more weight.However,i am strong enough for this conference and i look forward to collaborating with other delegates to chart the way for a better Nigeria.Thank you''. 
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