Suspected jihadists kill 30 in central Mali: local officials
A British soldier of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), watches over the desert from a lookout in Menaka, Mali, on October 22, 2021. AFP
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What you need to know:
Mali has been struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency that first erupted in the north in 2012 and has since claimed thousands of military and civilian lives.