'An insult to the victims' Following the deaths of 70 Gambian children allegedly linked to consuming Indian made cough syrups, the parents have rejected a compensation offer by the government of $20,000 to be shared among the families. 👉
Image caption: There has been strong sentiments against French troops' operations in Mali
“This is not true. These are falsehoods, attempts at propaganda, attempts to destabilise the Malian armed forces... Menaka is not under siege, less still Tessit or Ansongo [in neighbouring Gao region],” FAMa’s public relations director-general Col Souleymane Dembele said in a briefing on Monday.The remarks coincide with plans by leading trade unions in Gao to begin a two-day strike today to protest against the military government’s apparent inaction against growing Islamist militant attacks.
Reports emerged on Monday of an audio message purportedly belonging to the leader of a prominent pro-government militia – the Self-Defence Group of Imghad Tuaregs and Their Allies – urging members of the Tuareg community in Mali and neighbouring countries to take up arms against the IS. Late last month, deadly clashes between fighters from IS and rivals from al-Qaeda’s Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin erupted over the control of Menaka, forcing thousands of residents to flee.
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