Umuyobozi mukuru w’ingabo z’igihugu cya Mali, Maj Gen Oumar Diarra aramutsa ubwo yagenzuraga igisirikare mu gihe cy’imyigaragambyo yabereye i Bamako, muri Mali,
Ingabo za Mali zivuga ko zishe abarwanyi 80 bafitanye isano na al Qaeda nyuma y’igitero cyagabwe icyarimwe kandi gihuza ibitero bya gisirikare mu bice byo hagati n’iburengerazuba bw’igihugu.
Abayobozi bavuga ko ibyo bitero byagabwe mu mijyi irindwi, hafi y’umupaka na Senegali ndetse no mu majyaruguru, hafi y’umupaka na Mauritania.
Ingabo zabitangaje mu itangazo ryihariye ryatangajwe kuri televiziyo y’ingabo.
Itsinda rya Jihadiste Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) ryatangaje ko ariryo nyirabayazana w’icyo ryise “ibitero bihujwe kandi bifite ireme” maze avuga ko bigaruriye ibirindiro bitatu by’ingabo.
Ku wa kabiri, abayobozi bo mu karere ka Kayes na Dioïla bashyizeho isaha yo gutahiraho iminsi 30 n’ijoro kubera ibitero byibasiye imyanya mu karere ka Kayes.
Ibyabaye byaranze ibindi bikorwa biherutse gukorwa n’abarwanyi, bagabye ibitero nkibi ku birindiro bya gisirikare muri Mali na Burkina Faso.

Mali iyobowe n’umutwe wa gisirikare kuva mu 2020, imaze imyaka irenga icumi irwanya imitwe y’inyeshyamba zifitanye isano n’icyo bita Leta ya Kisilamu na al-Qaeda. Irimo kandi guhangana n’amateka maremare yo kwigomeka kwa Tuareg mu majyaruguru.
Muri Gicurasi, umuyobozi w’ingabo z’Amerika muri Afurika, AfriCom, yihanangirije ko Sahel irimo Mali, Burkina Faso na Niger, yabaye intandaro y’iterabwoba ku isi.
Jenerali Michael Langley yavuze ko imitwe ya kisilamu ishaka kwagura ibikorwa byayo ku nkombe z’Afurika y’iburengerazuba, ibemerera kuzamura cyane amafaranga yabo binyuze mu icuruzwa ry’abantu, magendu n’ubucuruzi bw’intwaro.
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