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Gunmen kill 41 people in Mali as ethnic violence escalates

Anta Diagayate and Ommu Bukary Diallo (right) inside a refugee camp in Bamako. They fled their home town after inter-ethnic violence in Mali escalated. [AFP]

Unidentified gunmen on motorbikes attacked two villages in central Mali, killing at least 41 people in a part of the country where ethnic reprisal attacks have surged in recent months, a local mayor said on Tuesday.

The attacks on Monday evening on the villages of Yoro and Gangafani 2 compound a dire security situation in central Mali, where ethnic militias regularly slaughter civilians from rival groups and Islamist militants are also active.

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