{"id":6093,"date":"2013-07-06T22:26:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T22:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/malian-troops-enter-rebel-held-northern-town\/"},"modified":"2013-07-06T22:26:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T22:26:44","slug":"malian-troops-enter-rebel-held-northern-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/malian-troops-enter-rebel-held-northern-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Malian troops enter rebel-held northern town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MALIAN troops entered the rebel-held northeastern town of Kidal on Friday, the army said, to secure it for a presidential election due across the west African country on July 28.<\/p>\n

“As I speak, our army is entering Kidal. This is a peaceful, coordinated arrival — everything is going well. There are more than 150 Malian soldiers,” military spokesman Souleymane Maiga told AFP.<\/p>\n

Kidal, a town prized by the Tuaregs, has been occupied by the separatist National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) since the end of January.<\/p>\n

But the rebels agreed as part of a ceasefire accord signed with the government in neighbouring Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou last month to allow troops into the town ahead of the polls.<\/p>\n

“The location of the rebel camp is known. We expect them to respect the agreements signed,” Maiga said.<\/p>\n

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