Mali's Tessalit army base taken by rebels

About this episode

The episode discusses the surrender of the Tessalit military base to rebels and political developments in DRC and Gabon.

In tonight's programme: The Malian army and its Russian mercenary allies surrender the strategic Tessalit military base near the Algerian border. Also, in DR Congo, former president Joseph Kabila hits back at US accusations he’s backing rebel fighters. Plus Gabon is the guest of honour at the Anoumabo Urban Music Festival in Abidjan.

Topics covered

• military conflict
• politics
• rebels
• international relations
• music festival

Keywords

• Tessalit
• rebels
• Joseph Kabila
• Gabon
• music festival
• DRC
• military base

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Tessalit, Algerian, DRC, Gabon, Abidjan

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