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Mali reclaimed the deserted ghost town without a fight, even as it struggles to control territory elsewhere in the vast desert nation plagued by a jihadist insurgency and demands from Tuareg ...
News Mali » Kidal » History: Mali’s Army Says Kidal Recaptured from Rebels
Mali’s army said Tuesday it has retaken the northern city of Kidal from rebels, after a raid that left many insurgents dead. The reported capture, not confirmed by independent observers, would mark a ...
News Mali » Kidal » History: Mali says its forces have retaken the northern rebel stronghold of Kidal
Mali’s transitional government has announced that its armed forces have retaken the northern city of Kidal, five months after an offensive by separatist armed groups.
News Mali » Kidal » History: Malian troops and Russian mercenaries withdraw from Kidal following rebel attacks
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Malian troops and Russian mercenaries have withdrawn from the northern city of Kidal after a series of coordinated attacks across the country by rebel and jihadi forces, the ...
News Mali » Kidal » History: Tuareg rebels withdraw from strategic town of Kidal in northern Mali
The Azawad Liberation Front said sustained air strikes by Malian troops and Russian allies forced its tactical retreat.
News Mali » Kidal » History: Mali: Junta forces retake strategic town of Kidal
Mali's military regained control of the strategic town of Kidal after forcing Tuareg separatists and al Qaeda-linked jihadists to withdraw following an offensive backed by Russia's Africa Corps.
News Mali » Kidal » History: Rebels jeered Putin’s troops out of a key African town. Now his regional grip is slipping away
When Russian forces withdrew last month from the strategic stronghold of Kidal in northern Mali — retreating under the jeers of the very rebels they were sent to crush — they surrendered more than ...
News Mali » Kidal » History: The battle of Kidal, a triumph for Mali’s Assimi Goïta
“Glory to the Malian army! Long live the five colonels!”: On 14 November, Colonel Assimi Goïta’s supporters thronged Bamako’s Independence Square following the announcement that the Malian Armed ...
News Mali » Kidal » History: Mali: Wagner flies flag over Kidal
The video lasts only a few seconds, but it’s enough to see the role played by the Wagner Group in the recapture of Kidal. Published on 22 November on the Russian militia’s Telegram channel, it shows ...
News Mali » Kidal » History: In Mali’s Kidal, former rebels enforce law and order
On a sandy street in a northern Malian town, armed guards take turns at a checkpoint next to two unmarked pick-up trucks trucks as dusk falls and the sky slowly fills with stars. The men are not from ...
News Mali » Kidal » History: What changes with Mali’s recapture of Kidal?
DAKAR: By retaking the strategic northern city of Kidal, Mali’s armed forces and allied Russian paramilitaries achieved a highly symbolic success, just five months after losing control of the key ...