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Mali's military leader Assimi Goita reappears in Bamako after weekend attacks

Mali's military leader Assimi Goita, who has not appeared in public since large-scale jihadist-separatist attacks at the weekend, has met the Russian ambassador to his country, his office said on Tuesday.

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00:00Mali's military leader, Asimi Goita, visited the wounded in last weekend's attack, according to the presidency.
00:06Among the first pictures of him since last weekend's attack against the ruling junta,
00:11the military regime had earlier stated that hundreds of people were injured during the attack,
00:15while also claiming that more than 200 militants were killed in the process.
00:18However, they did not specify the number of Malian soldiers killed.
00:22Goita, who has not appeared in public since large-scale year had disappeared his attack at the weekend,
00:27also met the Russian ambassador to his country.
00:29The attack also led to the death of the Malian minister of defense.
00:33Meanwhile, the JNM jihadis, who claim responsibility to the attack,
00:37threatened to impose a blockade on their approaches to the Malian capital Bamako,
00:41three days after they, together with the 200 rebels,
00:44carried out unprecedented attack on strategic positions held by the ruling junta.
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