France's army said Monday that its anti-jihadist force in Mali had killed Yahia Djouadi, a "senior leader" of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) responsible for finance and logistics.
Djouadi, an Algerian also known as Abu Ammar al-Jazairi, was killed overnight from February 25 to 26 around 100 miles (160 kilometres) north of Timbuktu in central Mali, the army said in a statement.