At least two soldiers and two United Nations peacekeepers died Monday in separate attacks against Islamist militants in Mali, the army and the UN mission said. Militants attacked Malian troops posted in the northern region of Gao early in the morning, the army said, three days after another clash left …
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Denmark says it will start pulling its troops out of Mali after the West African country’s transitional junta government this week insisted on an immediate withdrawal. French and European allies had previously urged Mali to let Danish troops stay, and Mali’s insistence that they go is seen as a swipe …
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