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French forces kill al Qaeda’s North Africa chief in Mali

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June 6, 2020
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London, June 6, 2020 (AltAfrica)-French forces have killed al Qaeda’s North Africa chief Abdelmalek Droukdel in northern Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday.

Abdelmalek Droukdel, aka Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, head of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Picture: PA

“On June 3, French army forces with the support of their local partners, killed al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s emir, Abdelmalek Droukdel, and several of his closest collaborators, during an operation in northern Mali,” Parly said in Twitter.

Al Qaeda's north Africa chief Abdelmalek Droukdel has been killed during a French military operation in Mali https://t.co/a4yZ0ud45b

— LBC News (@LBCNews) June 5, 2020

Droukdel was among North Africa’s most experienced militants and was one of those who took part in the Islamist militant takeover of northern Mali before a French military intervention in 2013 drove them back and scattered fighters across the Sahel region.

Droukdel was believed to be hiding in the mountains of northern Algeria. The group operates across northern Mali, Niger, Mauritania and Algeria.

Parly said that French forces, which number about 5,200 in the region, had also on May 19 captured Mohamed el Mrabat, a fighter she identified as a veteran militant in the region and member of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.

“Our forces, in cooperation with their local partners … will continue to track these (people) down without respite,” Parly said.

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