displaced millions, and spurred a string of military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger between 2020 and 2023. Mali: 25 civilians killed in convoy ambush – Army ...

(Reuters) - More than 50 people were killed near Mali's northeastern city of Gao on Friday after armed assailants ambushed their convoy and its army escort, a local official and residents said.

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali's northeastern city of Gao on Friday, the army said late on Saturday.