WorldRussia-backed Mali junta retakes strategic town after separatists withdraw

Mali’s army says it has entered Kidal as it advanced after Tuareg separatists announced their withdrawal from the strategic northern city. The separatists seized it around five months ago, and the junta’s return is a symbolic boost for its Russian backers.

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