Two French soldiers killed during mission in Mali

The soldiers were participating in an intelligence mission in the Menaka region of northeastern Mali, as part of a larger operation aiming at fighting Islamist extremists in Africa's Sahel region. Islamic extremist rebels were forced from power in northern Mali after a 2013 French-led military operation.

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