Armed groups attack Malian military convoy in Gao region
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The ambush occurred as the Malian army convoy was travelling from the strategic northern town of Anefis to Gao.
The Malian military said in a statement on Saturday that armed groups ambushed a convoy in a remote part of the Gao region.
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