Jihadists Go On The Rampage In North-Eastern Mali Killing 40 Tuaregs

Malian army soldiers and Tuareg have been fighting the jihadists recently, inflicting defeats on them which have in turn led to reprisals

BBC: Mali: Tuaregs killed in 'jihadist revenge' attacks

More than 30 members of the Tuareg community have been killed in two separate attacks by suspected jihadists in north-eastern Mali, officials say.

The attacks happened in the remote Menaka region on Thursday and Friday.

They are believed to have been carried out in revenge after Tuareg attacks on jihadist bases in recent weeks.

Much of north-eastern Mali is lawless despite a 2015 peace deal between

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