BAMAKO, Aug 19, 2021 (BSS/AFP) - Suspected jihadists mounted an ambush
Thursday on an army convoy in central Mali that left 11 soldiers dead
and 10 wounded, nine of them seriously, the army said.

  "A bomb-laden vehicle exploded, followed by intense gunfire" in the
late-morning attack, the army said in a statement, calling the
casualty toll "provisional", while a military official blamed the
carnage on "terrorists" -- the usual term for jihadists.