The Malian army has begun redeploying troops to the northern town of Kidal, amid a resumption of hostilities.
Reports gathered that a convoy of more than one hundred vehicles left the city of Gao, about three hundred kilometers from Kidal, early on Monday.
The north of Mali has seen an increase in attacks by ethnic Tuareg separatists and jihadists against the Malian military since the end of August and the escalation in violence coincides with the ongoing withdrawal of the United Nations force.
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