Bamako, Aug 13, 2026 (AFP) - Mali army announces release of 82 soldiers held hostage by insurgents

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2026-08-13

Mali's army announced on Thursday the release of 82 soldiers held hostage for more than three months by jihadists and their Tuareg rebel allies. The army said in a statement that the soldiers had been held since attacks in late April. That was when allied fighters from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) and the Tuareg separatist Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) began a series of assaults by capturing the northe......

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