BAMAKO
- A suspected Islamist suicide bomber blew himself up but caused no
other casualties in an attack in the northern Malian town of Kidal, the
bastion of Tuareg separatist MNLA rebels, witnesses said on Tuesday.
In a separate development, the Malian army said its troops were moving towards Kidal, which the government has said it will retake from the MNLA before a presidential election next month.
A French-led military offensive launched in January succeeded in ending a year-long occupation of Mali’s desert north by al Qaeda-linked insurgents, ousting them from urban areas.
In a separate development, the Malian army said its troops were moving towards Kidal, which the government has said it will retake from the MNLA before a presidential election next month.
A French-led military offensive launched in January succeeded in ending a year-long occupation of Mali’s desert north by al Qaeda-linked insurgents, ousting them from urban areas.
