Militants in eastern Mali have killed 49 soldiers in an attack on a military post in Indelimane in the Menaka region, the army has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This makes it one of the deadliest assaults of the past decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Islamic State (IS) group said via its self-styled Amaq news outlet it was behind the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mali\n has suffered violence since 2012, when Islamist militants took over the\n north. With the help of France, Mali’s army has recaptured the \nterritory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, insecurity there continues and the violence has spread to other countries in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a separate and unlinked incident on Saturday, a French soldier was killed in Liptako in the same area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brigadier\n Ronan Pointeau died after his armoured vehicle was struck by a roadside\n bomb, the French government said in a statement. Brigadier is the \nequivalent of corporal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was earlier reported that 54 soldiers \nhad died in the attack on the military post, based on a statement by \ngovernment spokesperson, Yaya Sangare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reinforcements sent to the post found “significant material damage”, Mr Sangare said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thirty-eight soldiers died when two military camps were attacked near the border with Burkina Faso at the end of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mali\n – along with Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger and Mauritania – is part of an \nanti-insurgency force supported by France known as the G5 Sahel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The five-nation group blamed “suspected members of Ansarul Islam” for September’s attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ansarul\n Islam, meaning Defenders of Islam, was created in 2016 by the radical \nand popular preacher Ibrahim Malam Dicko. He reportedly fought with \nIslamist militants in the north of Mali in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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