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French army says senior al Qaeda leader killed in Mali

A French soldier from the Barkhane operation stands in Timbuktu on September 9, 2021. © Maimouna Moro, AFP.

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.

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