Local groups are demanding the captives' release amid escalating terrorist attacks and displacement in the region.
Mali has since 2012 been ravaged by different factions affiliated with Al-Qaeda and Daesh, as well as by self-declared, self-defence forces and bandits. / Photo: AP Archive
"We demand the release of more than 110 passengers of three buses abducted on Tuesday by militants," a member of the group, Oumar Ongoiba, told AFP. A protest against insecurity in the town last August following militant attacks turned violent and several people were injured. Since overthrowing Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020, the junta has undertaken a strategic reorientation, breaking off its long alliance with former colonial power France and fostering closer military and political ties with Russia.
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