Foreign Jihadist Fighters Seen in Mali

In Mali, Foreign Jihadist fighters have arrived in a northern town of Gao.

Sadou Diallo said between 60 and 100 Algerians and Sahrawis had come into the town about four or five days ago.

Two weeks ago, the UN Security Council gave the regional bloc Ecowas 45 days to draw up a plan with the details of its offer to send 3,000 troops to the vast desert region.

Residents in the area say that Sudanese Islamists had arrived over the weekend.

The Islamist groups and Tuareg rebels took control of northern Mali following a coup in March.

Plans are under way for military intervention after Islamists took over northern Mali earlier this year.

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