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

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.