BAMAKO (Reuters) - Fresh fighting broke out between Mali's army and northern Tuareg rebels on Sunday, with the rebels claiming to have taken control of ...
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The rebel alliance, called the Coordination of Azawad Movements , has been fighting the army since August, a conflict unleashed in part by the departure of a United Nations peacekeeping mission that for years had helped maintain a fragile calm. Last week, CMA, formed by semi-nomadic Tuareg people, said it had attacked four army positions around the town of Bourem and made away with vehicles, weapons and ammunition. Lere is about 500 km west of Bourem.Mali's armed forces said in a post on social media platform X late on Sunday that an attack had taken place in Lere and that a response was under way, without providing details.
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