BREAKING: In Mali, at least 23 people killed Saturday in Kati, near Bamako, during the Tuareg and jihadist offensive
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A Malian soldier stands in position, gun in hand, during an attack on Mali’s main military base, in Kati, on the outskirts of the capital Bamako, April 25, 2026. REUTERS The attack carried out by jihadists and Tuareg rebels on Saturday in the Malian town of Kati, stronghold of the ruling junta, cost the lives of at least 23 people, civilians and soldiers, said Tuesday, April 28, to Agence France-Presse (AFP) a hospital source on condition of anonymity. A previous report from these attacks, established by the junta and announced Saturday evening, reported 16 civilian and military injuries. Read also | Article reserved for our subscribers Mali: the junta weakened after jihadist attacks of unprecedented scale and coordination Read later It was also in this attack in Kati, carried out by “a booby-trapped vehicle driven by a suicide bomber”, that the Malian Minister of Defense, Sadio Camara, was killed. The head of the junta, General Assimi Goïta, who had no longer appeared and whose fate was unknown since the attacks, received the Russian ambassador to the country on Tuesday, according to the Malian presidency which published photos of the interview. The army abandons positions in the Gao region The situation remains confused in the Sahel country, hit since Saturday by a series of coordinated attacks launched by jihadists from the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM), affiliated with Al-Qaeda, allied with the Tuareg independence rebellion of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) against strategic positions of the junta. These attacks caused the junta to lose control of the city of Kidal. The Malian army has abandoned some of its positions in the Gao region (North), local sources said on Tuesday. Gao is Mali’s second military region after the garrison town of Kati, which was the scene of heavy fighting on Saturday and Sunday. “The soldiers abandoned their position in Labbezanga, located near the Niger border. They retreated towards Ansongo,” a local elected official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Read also | Article reserved for our subscribers Mali: Russia, failing ally of a junta threatened by the jihadist offensive Read later Le Monde with AFP
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