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| Mali sacks top army chiefs, dissolves militia after scores killed |
| 2019-03-25 |
| [Al Jazeera] Mali's government has announced the sacking of top military officers and the dissolution of a militia, a day after the killing of more than 130 people. Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga said on Sunday new military chiefs would be named, and that the Dan Nan Ambassagou association, comprising Dogon hunters, had been dissolved. "The protection of the population will remain the monopoly of the state," Maiga told journalists. Survivors of Saturday's attack said ethnic Dogon hunters carried out the raid in Ogossagou, a village in central Mali inhabited by the Fulani community. Later on Sunday, Rooters news agency reported that army chief of staff General M'Bemba Moussa Keita was removed and replaced by General Abdoulaye Coulibaly, while chief of land forces General Abdrahamane Baby was replaced by Brigadier-General Keba Sangare. The developments came hours after President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita called an emergency meeting in response to the attack, in which at least 134 men, women and kiddies were killed. The victims were shot or hacked to death with machetes, a security source told AFP. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 And as usual, shuffling the lines and randomising conjunctions improves things... slightly. Sigh. |
| Posted by: One Eyed Omock7057 2019-03-25 16:10 |
| #5 This hunter disdains the garbanzo; On meat or medicinals, gonzo! How quickly he gloms on To flintlock or Thompson: In Bakass, beware of the Donzo! |
| Posted by: One Eyed Omock7057 2019-03-25 16:05 |
| #4 So, chestnuts? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-03-25 15:41 |
| #3 Who in East Africa have the Fulani not pissed off? |
| Posted by: Dino Lumumba2869 2019-03-25 15:39 |
| #2 Worst case of teabagging ever. |
| Posted by: Dino Lumumba2869 2019-03-25 15:38 |
| #1 This is what a 'Doggone' looks like. Imagine being pursued by this thing with a machete. The tribe is a much valued cultural heritage and a prized community along with all its practices and beliefs, for Mali. They even touted it as a tourist attraction. I don't know why civilized humanity keeps expecting noble or even remotely human behavior from that part of the world.  |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-03-25 15:22 |