Mali has recently been in the news for its decision to oust French troops from its territory. The French were originally summoned to prevent jihadists from taking control over Africa’s eighth-largest country nearly a decade ago. In the midst of this raging battle, thousands of manuscripts were smuggled to safety to escape the wrath of […]
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Mali Manuscripts Rescued and Digitized to Celebrate the Malian Renaissance
March 12th, 2022 Awake Goy
French and Malian troops kill 100 jihadis in offensive in the Sahel
January 27th, 2021 Awake Goy
One hundred jihadists were killed in a joint major operation with French forces in January in central Mali, the Malian army confirmed on Tuesday. In a statement, the army said “a hundred terrorists [were] neutralised, about twenty captured and several motorbikes and war material seized” during Operation Eclipse, which was conducted from January 2 to […]