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"Terrorist" attack in Mali: "This shows the limits of the discourse of the junta"
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A helicopter flies over the garrison town of Kati, after explosions and heavy gunfire, on July 22, 2022, in Mali.
REUTERS - STRINGER
By: Florent Guignard Follow
An attack described as "
terrorist
" was "
repelled
" this Friday morning at the Kati camp, the heart of the Malian military apparatus and residence of the head of the ruling junta.
Interview with Seidik Abba, journalist and essayist, specialist in the Sahel region.
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The operation against the Kati camp comes the day after a series of almost simultaneous coordinated attacks in several localities north of Bamako.
The country faces a multitude of armed groups affiliated with global jihadist nebulae.
Seidik Abba is the author of
Mali-Sahel- Notre Afghanistan à nous
(Impacts editions)
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