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Terrorist groups are expanding in Mali as peacekeepers leave, U.N. experts warn

An aerial view shows the Temporary Operational Base of the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Ogossagou village, Mopti region on November 5, 2021. - Ogossagou village was attacked two times in two years, in 2019 and 2020, by unidentified armed men, that killed in total more than 200 civilians in a village of less that 800 people.
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An aerial view shows the Temporary Operational Base of the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Ogossagou village, Mopti region on November 5, 2021. - Ogossagou village was attacked two times in two years, in 2019 and 2020, by unidentified armed men, that killed in total more than 200 civilians in a village of less that 800 people.

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