Some 30 Malian soldiers killed during retaking of key town, says army chief
General Jean Elysee Dao says 60 others also wounded as army retakes key town after nearly a week of fighting.

General Jean Elysee Dao says 60 others also wounded as army retakes key town after nearly a week of fighting.





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The RSF wants to seize the strategic southern city from the Sudanese military.
The attacks targeted a secondary school in the northeastern town of Lassa, in Borno State.
Police say four attackers were also killed after gunmen stormed a Rangers facility in country’s commercial capital.
Kinshasa takes Kigali to UN’s top court over 30 years of alleged massacres, sexual violence, and forced displacement.
Gaza talks remain active, but stall as the US envoy demands the handover of tunnel maps and family arms.
JNIM claims responsibility for assault on Diori Hamani International Airport as gov’t says 22 attackers also killed.
Uncertainty remains over whether Israel will honour the agreement.
President Tinubu takes victorious tone despite recent mass kidnappings by armed groups across the country.

Explosives store blast kills dozens in Myanmar village.

At least 31 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon.