Insurgents stage coordinated attacks on army positions across Mali

Insurgents staged attacks on army ​positions across Mali on Saturday, including in a northern town where government and Russian fighters are based and in a town ‌south of the capital Bamako, the latest threat to the landlocked Sahel nation's embattled leaders.

It said one pro-government fighter was killed in Gao and four others were injured.

The assault stretched from the northern cities and towns of Anefis, Aguelhoc and Gao to Sevare in central Mali and Kenioroba in the south, the Malian armed forces said in a statement.