MALIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM KEY TESSALIT MILITARY CAMP. (PHOTO).

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 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...

3 PEOPLE BURNT TO DEATH,AS A PETROL TANKER EXPLODED AT IKORODU TODAY.

•A house burnt by petrol tanker fir in Ikorodu this morning. PHOTO: DAMILARE OKUNOLA                    According to sources,today wednesday at least three people were confirmed dead during a fire outbreak that occured when a petroleum tank belonging to Forte oil exploded around 6:47am in Ikorodu area of Lagos state.The tanker driver had a brake failure while trying to climb the steep  hill on Beach Road opposite the abbatoir on the same road.The driver of the tanker,a motorcycle rider and a yet to be identified commuter were burnt beyond recognition as the fire gutted the abbatoir and wreaked havoc in the area.Cows and goats had also been burnt as fire also spread to a building inside the slaughter slab which serves the people of Ebute and its environs.

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