A French soldier, based in Tarbes, was killed this Thursday morning in Mali "during fighting against armed terrorist groups", announced the Elysee.
"The President of the Republic has learned with great sadness of the death of Hussar Parachutist 1st Class Tojohasina Razafintsalama," said the presidency.
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In addition, after weeks of contesting the power of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, five West African heads of state tried this Thursday, in Bamako, to draw a way out of the crisis in Mali.
Presidents Muhammadu Buhari from Nigeria, Mahamadou Issoufou from Niger, Alassane Ouattara from Ivory Coast, Nana Akufo-Addo from Ghana and Macky Sall from Senegal were greeted in the middle of the morning by their Malian counterpart at Bamako airport.
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