Mali army says armed groups launch nationwide attacks; gunfire near airport

Gunmen have attacked Mali’s capital Bamako and several locations across the country, the army says, in an apparently coordinated ⁠assault involving multiple groups.

The army on Saturday morning said it was fighting “terrorist groups” that had attacked army barracks in Bamako and other areas in the military-ruled nation.

Two loud explosions and sustained gunfire were heard shortly before 6am (06:00 GMT) near Mali’s main military base, Kati, outside Bamako, the home of military ruler