Around 100 jihadists were killed and around 20 others captured during a Franco-Malian military operation in central Mali in January, the Malian army announced on Tuesday evening.
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About a hundred terrorists neutralized, about twenty captured and several motorcycles and war materials seized
" during Operation "
Eclipse
" carried out from January 2 to 20 by the Malian army and the French Barkhane force, the Malian army said on its website, confirming previous information from sources close to the case.