Les Forces Armées Maliennes (FAMa) sont responsables de la défense de l’intégrité territoriale et la souveraineté du Mali.
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES
At least 9 Malian soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack Wednesday in the central Mopti region of the west African nation, Mali’s military reported. A FAMa army post at Boni in the Mopti at 06:15 Wednesday morning resulting in the 9 casualties and another 6 wounded. The 9 dead were brought back to the airport in Sevare, near the town of Mopti, by a helicopter from the UN’s MINUSMA peacekeeping force, while the injured were taken to hospital, Colonel Soulemane Dembele, FAM spokesperson said in a statement. At least 20 terrorists were killed by a joint operation by Mali forces and French forces of Operation Barkhane, according to FAM.
Le #CEMGA informe la Communauté nationale et internationale que ce 3 février 2021, aux environs de 6h15, un détachement #FAMa basé à #Boni dans la région de #Mopti a fait l'objet d'une attaque des Groupes Armés Terroristes. cliquez ici pour voir : https://t.co/jE2d4D2QTS pic.twitter.com/KhxqIwikmC
— Forces Armées Maliennes (@FAMa_DIRPA) February 3, 2021
This was the latest deadly jihadist attack in Mali this year. On Jan. 24, 2021, at least 6 Malian soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in the central Mopti region . Two FAMa army posts in Boulkessi and Mondoro were attacked resulting in the 6 casualties and another 18 wounded.
Seventh Attack on Soldiers in MALI After 2020 Military Coup – 50 Soldiers Killed
Les Forces Armées Maliennes (FAMa) sont responsables de la défense de l’intégrité territoriale et la souveraineté du Mali.
Mali was plunged into political chaos following a military coup last year on August 18 that forced out President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta . A group of military officers, the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), has controlled the West African country after the mutineers detained Keïta at gunpoint, arrested him and forced him to resign. Former Mali defence minister and retired colonel Bah Ndaw was named interim president while the leader of the junta that seized power last month, Colonel Assimi Goita, was appointed vice president.
FOUR Côte d’Ivoire UN Peacekeepers Killed in West Africa MALI
Credit: MINUSMA) UN MINUSMA peacekeepers on patrol in northern Mali.
Four United Nations peacekeepers in Mali were killed and six others wounded in an attack by unidentified armed elements on Jan. 14, 2021, the UN mission in the country confirmed. The peacekeepers’ convoy was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED), and the troops then came under attack by unidentified gunmen in the vast Timbuktu region. The attack killed four Côte d’Ivoire peacekeepers. UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the attack and called on Malian authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice. Guterres suggested the attacks on UN peacekeepers may constitute a war crime.
