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Mali Declares Three Days Mourning After Army Base Attack

Mali Declares Three Days Mourning After Army Base Attack

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Monday declared three days of mourning after a militant attack on an army base killed more than 40 soldiers last week in one of the deadliest strikes on the country’s military.
Islamic State-allied militants claimed Friday’s attack on Indelimane base in the northeast of the country near the border with Niger, which authorities say killed at 49 soldiers.

It was the latest assault on target Mali’s military which is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency that began in the north and spread to the centre of the country. At least 40 troops were