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At least 12 dead in Mali attack: sources

BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) — At least 12 Tuareg civilians died Tuesday in an attack in eastern Mali, a region hit by chronic unrest between local tribes and jihadist militants, sources said. About 200 people, many of them civilians from the Fulani and Tuareg tribes, have been killed in the area this year. Militants claiming allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) have been clashing with local groups backing a French security force and the Malian army. […]