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...

THE KEBBI STATE CHAPTER OF MACBAN HAS CONDEMNED THE ACTIONS OF LAKURAWA, ACCUSED OF TERRORIZING COMMUNITIES IN SOKOTO AND KEBBI STATES. (PHOTO).


 The Kebbi State chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has condemned the actions of a group called Lakurawa, accused of terrorizing communities in Sokoto and Kebbi States. 


These criminals recently killed 15 local security volunteers (Yansakai) in Mera Town, Augie Local Government Area, Kebbi State.


MACBAN also condemned a reprisal attack by the Yansakai on local Fulani people, says the group is accused of terrorizing pastoralists by demanding forced taxes (zakkat) and seizing livestock. 


The Association urged authorities to provide immediate support to those affected by the recent reprisals and to hold the criminals accountable. 


It clarified that MACBAN have no connection to Lakurawa and suffer from the group’s actions as well.

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