Mali: the inhabitants of Mondoro support the army in the face of terrorists
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In Mali, two days after the attack on the military camp of Mondoro in the center-east of the country, the native inhabitants of the locality met this Sunday in Bamako.
Nationals of the area show their support for the Malian armed forces, condemn this terrorist attack and are worried about a possible humanitarian crisis.
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With our correspondent in Bamako,
Kaourou Magassa
In the center of the courtyard of a school group in Bamako, the green-gold-red flag of Mali is at half mast.
In front of a room, dozens of people gathered at the call of the Mondoro youth association look serious.
Soumaila Morba is a member of the organization.
"
We support the army day and night,
" she said.
The army is us.
Where I speak to you, the people are worried.
And really, we're sorry.
It is a desolation because
the authorities were unable to respond in time.
We would have liked them to be able to make a counter-attack before we were attacked.
»
For Oumar Ongoiba, secretary general of the association, his home village is cut off from the world.
A situation that he describes as an "
embargo
" and to deal with jihadism, he calls for a general outburst: "
One of the key recommendations of terrorists is to demand that the population dissociate themselves from the army. in place in Mondoro.
And our group today was to block this request from the armed groups.
»
For him, military action must be accompanied by the return of the telephone network and development actions.
"
It's a race against time and by the time the winter comes, we want the situation to be resolved in Mondoro so that people can cultivate, so that people can do livestock, so that people can graze their animals.
»
Due to insecurity for three years, land is fallow in the region according to the association of young people for the development of Mondoro.
The organization claims that around 100 women and children have left the village due to being struck by famine.
According to a still provisional official report, 47 jihadists, including several leaders, have been "
neutralized
".
27 soldiers were killed and 33 soldiers were injured, 21 of them seriously.
The search of the area is still in progress.
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