More than 50 people were killed near Mali's northeastern city of Gao on Friday after armed assailants ambushed their convoy and its army escort, a local official and residents said.
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The incident occurred at an open-pit gold mine near the village of Danga in the Kangaba Cercle in Mali's southwestern ... activity across much of West Africa and has become more lucrative in ...