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...

NIGERIAN WOMAN RISKS 20 YEARS IN INDIAN JAIL FOR DRUGS . (PHOTO).


 NIGERIAN WOMAN RISKS 20 YEARS IN INDIAN JAIL FOR DRUGS 


Ifeoluwa Akinwunmi, a 25-year-old Nigerian woman, risks up to 20 years jail in India after being arrested with banned substances.


Akinwunmi, reportedly a hairstylist and nail artist, was arrested by operatives of the Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch in Bengaluru.


She was caught with a bag containing 5.325 kilograms of MDMA crystals, a banned party drug, worth over N1.8 billion. She was waiting for someone beside the road when operatives swooped on her.


“She is a courier," a police officer said. "She had come to hand over the drugs to a group of African peddlers."


Akinwunmi faces 10-20 years in prison for possessing the banned drug in commercial quantity. She also faces fine and deportation after serving her prison term.

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