Mali says 82 soldiers captured by armed groups have been freed
Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Some 30 Malian soldiers killed during retaking of key town, says army chieflist 2 of 3How armed group alliances are reshaping Mali’s conflict and the wider Sahellist 3 of 3Why Mali’s northern conflict has entered a dangerous new phaseend of list“This release is the culmination of a process initiated immediately after their capture,” the statement said, adding that the soldiers were safe and in the care of authorities.
While FLA presents itself as a secular nationalist movement seeking independence for Mali’s Azawad region and JNIM is an al-Qaeda-affiliated group, the two sides have set ideological differences aside to confront the Malian government.
Mali has been fighting a civil war since 2012, when a Tuareg separatist rebellion in the north gave way to armed campaigns by groups linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS).
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