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...

SIX OUT OF THE 136 KIDNAPPED TEGINA STUDENTS DEAD-PRINCIPAL.{PHOTO}.

Six Kidnapped Tegina Students Dead


Six of the 136 students kidnapped from an Islamic school in Tegina Niger state have died of illness, the school principal said.


The abductors have demanded a ransom to release the students, kidnapped in May after an armed gang on motorcycles attacked the school.


The principal, Abubakar Garba Alhasan, said the kidnappers had called to say the children died from sickness and to urge that the ransom demand be met.


Abubakar Adam, whose seven children are held by the gang, said the abductors called the principal to demand a ransom.

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