More than 40 civilians were killed in northern Mali when jihadists attacked three villages near the border with Niger, a military officer and local officials said on Monday.
“More than 40 civilians were killed by terrorists on Sunday in the villages of Karou, Ouatagouna and Daoutegeft,” the officer told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.A local official, who also asked not to be identified for security reasons, said, “20 civilians were massacred in Karou. Fourteen civilians were killed in Ouatagouna, and other civilians were killed in the hamlet of Daoutegeft.
The crisis began with unrest in the north of the country that in spread to Mali’s ethnically volatile centre and then to neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso. Armed groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State group are steering the campaign today. Thousands of civilians and troops have died and hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes.
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