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BAMAKO, Mali: An Islamic State-linked group killed around 40 civilians this week in a northern region of Mali that has been plagued by clashes between rival jihadist groups, local sources said on Friday. The civilian official, whose name was withheld for security reasons, said that the death toll was still provisional because information was patchy and coming in slowly from the remote and dangerous area, where witnesses had scattered. The latest bloodshed took place in the “three borders” area, a hotspot of violence in the jihadist insurgency that first emerged in the Sahel country in 2013, before spreading to Burkina Faso and Niger. The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara and the Sahel’s largest jihadist alliance, the al-Qaida-aligned GSIM group, are particularly active in the area.
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