Suspected jihadists kill 12 soldiers in central Mali
TIEMOKO DIALLO SUSPECTED Islamist militants killed 12 soldiers in two attacks in central Mali, the army has announced. The militants also burned down an army base and ambushed troops sent as reinforcements. The first attack occurred overnight on a base in Sokoura near the border with Burkina Faso, killing nine soldiers. On Tuesday morning three others were killed in an ambush at a bridge nearby as they headed to the scene of the first attack, the statement said. Nine militants were killed, and two of their vehicles destroyed, the army said. A witness said he saw nine bodies at the…