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At least 31 people have lost their lives after a bus careened off a bridge in west Africa In a heart-wrenching incident that has sent shockwaves across Mali and beyond, at least 31 people have lost their lives after a bus careened off a bridge in west Africa. The devastating accident, attributed to the driver allegedly losing control, has left families and communities grappling with profound grief and sorrow. The tragedy unfolded when a crowded bus, carrying passengers on a routine journey, met with a catastrophic fate on a bridge in Mali. Eyewitnesses recount scenes of horror as the bus veered off course, hurtling into the abyss below, with little time for passengers to comprehend the impending danger. As emergency responders rushed to the scene, the grim reality of the situation became apparent. The wreckage of the bus lay mangled at the foot of the bridge, amid a backdrop of chaos and anguish. Rescue teams worked tirelessly to extricate survivors trapped amidst the debris, while the...

German soldiers serving in MINUSMA wounded by a suicide car bomber in Mali. At least 15 UN MINUSMA peacekeepers possibly Germans injured after the contingent was targeted by attackers al-Moustarat, Gao region.  Attackers attacked a Bundeswehr patrol in Mali, West Africa, with a car bomb. Several German soldiers are said to have been seriously wounded.German soldiers reportedly wounded, some severely, after an IED attack on a military convoy in Mali. Mali According to several local sources, a patrol of the German contingent of MINUSMA was struck by a car bomb driven by a suicide bomber in AlMoustarat north of Gao. This morning, a MINUSMA Force temporary operational base near the village of Ichagara, in Tarkint commune, Gao region, was the target of a vehicle bomb attack.  Blue helmets were injured, their evacuation is in progress. MINUSMA strongly condemns this attack and wishes a speedy and complete recovery to the injured. 

A woman given birth to nine babies 5 girls and 4 boys at a hospital in Morocco woman from Mali gave birth to nonuplets in Morocco on Tuesday and all nine babies are "doing well", according to her country's government. A woman in Mali has given birth to nine babies, joining a small group of mothers of nonuplets Mali woman gives rare birth to 9 babies 5 girls and 4 boys at a hospital in Morocco. All were delivered by cesarean section. Halima Cisse, 25 wrote her name in history as a mother of nonuplets.   NONUPLET all nine babies are "doing well"her government said, although Moroccan authorities had yet to confirm what would be an extremely rare case .  25-year-old Halima Cisse from Mali is a proud mother of 9 healthy babies! Mum, her five girls and four boys are doing well at a hospital in Morocco. 

French journalist said he was kidnapped in Mali by a jihadist group with links to Al-Qaeda French journalist kidnapped in northern Mali A missing French journalist said he was kidnapped in Mali by a jihadist group with links to Al-Qaeda, according to a video circulating on social media Wednesday, the latest foreigner to be taken hostage in the West African country A 21-second video of which we learned this morning shows the French journalist Olivier Dubois saying he was kidnapped by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims. He asks his family and friends and the French authorities to do everything in their power to get him released.  In short video, Olivier Dubois calls on his family, friends, authorities to do their best for his release