French-led assault against Mali Islamists into third week
- Published: 25 Jan 2013 at 03.45
- Online news: World
A French-led offensive against radical Islamists occupying northern Mali entered its third week on Friday amid concerns over a worsening humanitarian situation, and rights abuses.
A French army convoy coming from Mali's capital Bamako and going to Daibaly, 400km further north, pictured on January 24, 2013 the city of Segou, south-central Mali. A French-led offensive against radical Islamists occupying northern Mali entered its third week on Friday amid concerns over a worsening humanitarian situation, and rights abuses.
French and Malian soldiers carried out joint patrols throughout the night some 200 kilometres (120 miles) south of Gao, an Islamist stronghold in Mali's north which have been battered by air strikes, a military source said.
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