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A map shows the city of Tessalit in Mali. French forces have killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in Mali, French Defence Minister Florence Parly says. Droukdel was killed on Thursday in the northwest Mali town of Tessalit. "Many of his close associates" were also "neutralised", Parly says. IMAGES
Security forces in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou were fighting to dislodge Al Qaeda linked militants who had taken hostages during an attack on a hotel on Friday night.
At least 27 people were killed when the gunmen stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in the Malian Capital Bamako on Friday.
Images show Somali military personnel and a military vehicle on a Mogadishu street near a popular hotel which was under siege by Al-Shabaab Islamist militants. The siege ended on Friday after more than 13 hours with all the gunmen killed, a police officer told AFP. IMAGES