More than 130 killed in weekend of Mali attacks

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More than 130 people have been killed in attacks by fighters in central Mali.

Members of an al-Qaeda affiliated group are accused of attacking several villages over the weekend.

The government has announced three days of national mourning.

Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports.

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“Nicolas Haque is an award-winning roving news correspondent based out of Dakar, Senegal. He started working for Al Jazeera in 2008 as a correspondent in Dhaka, Bangladesh, before moving to Senegal in 2013. Previously, he worked in current affairs for ITN, Channel 4 News, BBC Asian Programmes and ABC News in London. A member of the African Foreign Press Association, he holds an MA honours in Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.” Source – Al Jazeera English website

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