12-05-2025
Armed group mounts double attack on artisanal mining site in Mali, leaving 3 dead and abducting 2
BAMAKO, Mali — An armed group attacked an artisanal gold mining site in southern Mali on Monday morning, a local elected official announced, the first such attack since a military government seized power in 2020.
'Early on Monday morning, terrorists carried out two attacks in the Narena commune. First, they attacked a shop belonging to Chinese nationals. They kidnapped two Chinese nationals and burned their heavy machinery used in gold mining,' Mamadou Kanté, deputy mayor of Narena, told The Associated Press.
