General Jean Elysee Dao says 60 others also wounded as army retakes key town after nearly a week of fighting.

Mali's army has regained control of the key northern town of Anefis after fighting against rebel militants for nearly a week, Tuareg separatists and a military source said Friday.

Mali’s military says it has broken a rebel blockade around a strategic army base in the north as the junta battles a renewed offensive by separatists and al-Qaida-linked militants