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Rebels kill eight Malian soldiers: humanitarian, security sources

By AFP
Mali Malian soldiers patrol on a road between Kidal and Gao on July 29, 2013 in northern Mali.  By Kenzo Tribouillard AFPFile
MAY 11, 2015 LISTEN
Malian soldiers patrol on a road between Kidal and Gao on July 29, 2013 in northern Mali. By Kenzo Tribouillard (AFP/File)

Bamako (AFP) - Eight Malian soldiers were killed on Monday in the country's restive north in an ambush by fighters from the west African nation's main Tuareg-led rebel alliance, humanitarian and security sources told AFP.

"During an ambush of the Malian army by the rebel Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) between Timbuktu and Goundam on Monday morning, eight Malian soldiers were killed and several wounded," an official from a charity in the area told AFP.

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