Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Mopti, Nokara area, Mali on Thu 19th August 2021

15 Malian soldiers were killed and several others wounded yesterday Thursday in an ambush against an army convoy between Nokara and Boni, in the circle of Douentza, Mopti region, according to a provisional report provided on Monday by the army Malian. “ A FAMa convoy was ambushed today, August 19, 2021 late in the morning between Nokara and Boni. It was 12:45 pm when a vehicle bomb first exploded on the way, followed by intense gunfire on the convoy, ”the statement said. The provisional toll, the statement said, shows 15 dead and several injured. “Arrangements have been made for the evacuation of the wounded on Boni. " Four days before, on Sunday August 15, three Malian soldiers were killed and two others wounded, in the explosion of an artisanal mine as their vehicle passed near Ménaka. In his latest report on the situation in Mali, released last June, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted that terrorist activities have intensified in central Mali. " 137 terrorist attacks have been recorded since July 2020. National and international forces, MINUSMA and the signatory armed groups have suffered 44 asymmetric attacks ", according to the report, before specifying that the center of Mali was the scene of 21 attacks : 17 attacks in the region of Mopti and 4 in that of Ségou. " The Malian Defense and Security Forces were the target of 25 attacks, in which 49 members of the Malian Armed Forces and 2 members of the police and gendarmerie were killed, and 55 wounded, including 53 members of the Malian Armed Forces. and 2 members of the security forces , ”the report reads.