Malian soldiers killed in attack on camp

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Unidentified gunmen yesterday killed at least 14 soldiers in central Mali, an area targeted by a growing wave of attacks by Islamist militants, when they overran a military camp early yesterday, two army officers said. "We have recorded 14 dead, 18 wounded and material damage", a statement from the military posted on social media said.

The army retook the camp by the afternoon, a Malian military source reached there told AFP.

"The Malian army is back in control of the camp".

A foreign military source described the attack as "complex", adding there were "several victims".

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The deadly attack forced Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to cancel a visit to the African Union summit to be held in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

The latest attack comes two days after 26 civilians including mothers and babies were killed when their vehicle ran over a landmine in Boni, central Mali, according to a United Nations death toll.

A statement released on Friday says "MINUSMA condemns with no uncertain terms the heinous attack caused by the explosion of an explosive device against a bus from Burkina Faso on 25 January near the town of Boni, Mali, which claimed more than 20 lives, including women and children". In 2015, the Malian authorities signed an agreement with non-jihadist militant groups, but the deal didn't help a lot in stopping terrorist attacks in the country. But fighters remain active, and large tracts of the country are out of government control.

The Security Council commended the efforts of the region, including the development of a joint military force by the five Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, to address the transnational dimension of the terrorist threat in the Sahel region - the northernmost part of sub-Saharan Africa, a vast belt stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea.

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