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Three Malian soldiers and 13 ‘terrorists’ were killed in fighting at an army camp in central Mali today. According to the country’s defence ministry statement, the troops “repelled a terrorist attack in the early morning, in the central town of Boni.
Islamic extremists linked to Al-Qaeda took control of the desert north of Mali in early 2012 but were largely driven out in a French-led military operation launched in January 2013.
In June 2015, Mali’s government signed a peace agreement with coalitions of armed groups. But the jihadists remain active, and large tracts of the country remain lawless.