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...

A FRENCH SOLDIER DEPLOYED TO C.A.R,ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE.

                                According to the United Nation top human rights official,he said that a French soldier deployed to Central Africa Republic has been accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in the latest in a series of misconduct allegations against peacekeeping forces there.U.N High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said U.N staff were informed on August 30 of allegations that a French Soldier sexually abused a girl in her mid to late teens last year.She gave birth to a child in April and lodged a paternity case with local authorities.In a statement today during a visit to Central African Republic he said ''We simply have to find ways to prevent such odious acts being committed by any soldiers anywhere who are supposed to be protecting vulnerable populations''.He further said that French authorities had been informed of the latest allegation and the U.N mission,which took over peacekeeping duties from Frencj troops,had offered to help investigate.

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