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...

UPDATE: 50 PUPILS OF THE ST. MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL PAPIRI AGWARA LGA HAVE ESCAPED AND REUNITED WITH THEIR PARENTS. (PHOTO).


 MINNA: UPDATE ON ST. MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PAPIRI


50 pupils of the  St. Mary Catholic School Papiri Agwara LGA have escaped and reunited with their parents. 


A statement by the Niger State Police Command, signed by its Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun  indicates that aside the 50 pupils that escaped and have returned home, 253 children including 12 teachers are still with the abductors.


The statement pleaded for calm as government  intensifies efforts through various security agencies to rescue the remaining students, pupils and their teachers still in captivity

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