Dakar, Oct 7, 2026 (AFP) - What changes with Mali's recapture of Kidal?

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2026-10-07

By retaking the strategic northern city of Kidal, Mali's armed forces and allied Russian paramilitaries achieved a highly symbolic success, just five months after losing control of the key stronghold to separatists. Mali reclaimed the deserted ghost town without a fight, even as it struggles to control territory elsewhere in the vast desert nation plagued by a jihadist insurgency and demands from Tuareg separatists. So what does the capture of Ki......

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