Mali Attack Leaves 16 Soldiers Dead

Different attacks in Mali this week has left 16 soldiers killed and wounded 18, the army made this known on Tuesday.

The latest violence in the Sahel State was a sequel to the attacks on Monday in the northeast and center of the conflict-torn country. 

In a statement by the army, a total of four soldiers have lost their lives while 17 are injured.

The army said that thirty-seven “terrorists” were also killed during the attacks, with weapons and munitions captured.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for one of Monday’s attacks, on a military outpost in northeastern Mali. 

“The mujahideen took full control over the military base and torched it,” the group disclosed this in a statement, verified by SITE Intelligence which monitors jihadist activities worldwide.

An impoverished nation of 21 million people, Mali has struggled to contain a jihadist insurgency that emerged in 2012, before spreading to neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.

Thousands of soldiers and civilians have been killed in the brutal conflict and hundreds of thowusands of people have fled their homes.