Insurgents in Mali on Saturday staged attacks in five locations, including a northern town where government and Russian fighters are based and a town south of the capital, Bamako.
This is the latest threat to the landlocked Sahel nation’s embattled leaders.
The assault targeted army positions in cities and towns, including Anefis, Aguelhoc, and Gao in northern Mali; Sevare in central Mali; and Kenioroba in the south, the Malian armed forces said in a statement.
The soldiers repelled the attacks, and the situation was “totally under control”, the statement said, adding that 20 terrorists had been killed in Sevare and six in Gao.
It said that one pro-government fighter was killed in Gao, and four others were injured.
