{"id":2000118135,"date":"2026-07-04T12:10:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000118135"},"modified":"2026-07-04T12:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:10:32","slug":"malis-army-reports-attempted-attacks-on-several-military-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/malis-army-reports-attempted-attacks-on-several-military-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali’s army reports attempted attacks on several military positions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a brief statement, the army said the attempted attacks targeted the military positions in Aguelhok, Anefis, Gao, Sevare and Kenioroba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The situation is being monitored,” the army said, without immediately providing details about the suspected attackers, the circumstances surrounding the incidents or any possible casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mali has faced a volatile security situation for years, with attacks by armed groups occurring frequently, particularly in the northern and central parts of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April, the country’s Defense Minister Sadio Camara was killed in an attack on his residence in the town of Kati, near the capital Bamako, carried out by armed terrorist groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Malian Armed Forces said the attempted attacks targeted the military positions in Aguelhok, Anefis, Gao, Sevare and Kenioroba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The Malian Armed Forces said Saturday that several of their positions across the country had come under attempted attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000118137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[151,101],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000118135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-editors-choice","tag-internationl","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000118137,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/Hm2QlRua.jpeg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":900,"height":675,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/Hm2QlRua.jpeg","width":900,"height":675},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/Hm2QlRua.jpeg","width":900,"height":675},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/Hm2QlRua.jpeg","width":900,"height":675},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/Hm2QlRua.jpeg","width":900,"height":675},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/Hm2QlRua.jpeg","width":900,"height":675}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000118135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000118135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000118135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000118140,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000118135\/revisions\/2000118140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000118137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000118135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000118135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000118135"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000118135"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000118135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}