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BAMAKO, Mali — Suspected Tuareg rebels attacked an army outpost in the country’s remote north early Saturday, setting off a battle in which 20 people were killed, the Ministry of Defense said.
The attack on the military base occurred in the town of Nampala, about 300 miles northeast of the capital, Bamako, the ministry said in a statement. The territory is the traditional homeland of Tuareg nomads who inhabit the vast desert that stretches across northern Africa.
Idrissa Traore, deputy director of communication for Mali’s defense ministry, identified the attackers as “an armed gang linked to drug traffickers” — government code for Tuareg rebels.
