9 soldiers killed in attack at army base in Mali

In Mali, at least Nine soldiers have been killed in an attack at an army base near the central town of Bandiagara on Thursday night.

According to a military official, nine soldiers were also wounded, five of them seriously.

Mali has been plagued by a brutal conflict that began as a separatist movement in the north but devolved into a multitude of armed groups jockeying for control in the country’s central and northern regions.