FILE – United Nations forces patrol the streets of Timbuktu, Mali, on Sept. 26, 2021. The United Nations is in the throes of what Secretary-General António Guterres calls an 'unprecedented' six-month exit from Mali on orders of the West African nation's military junta, which has brought in mercenaries from Russia's Wagner Group to help fight an Islamic insurgency. (AP Photo/Moulaye Sayah, File) BAMAKO, Mali — Two attacks by Islamic insurgents in the restive north of Mali on Thursday killed 49 civilians and 15 government soldiers, according to a provisional death toll given by the country's military junta.

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