Uniindia: United Nations, June 22 (UNI) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the attacks by extremist groups in Mali over the weekend that resulted in the death of at least 100 civilians, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) Attacks by suspected jihadi rebels in central Mali have killed at least 40 civilians, a local official said Monday.“We recorded attacks by armed men against three villages: Dialassogou, Segue and Lesago. . Investigators are on the spot today to find out exactly what happened,” Moulaye Guindo, the mayor of Bankass, the biggest town near the attacked villages, told The Associated Press.
Download logoMINUSMA has learned with dismay of the attacks by extremist groups on several villages in the Bandiagara region of Central Mali on 18 and 19
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