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Guinea deportees’ death toll rises to 11 in Mali

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Mali’s Interministerial Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management has released an update on gold miners deported from Guinea: the death toll has now reached 11 and nearly 2,950 people are involved in new convoys. Humanitarian assistance is continuing, according to the committee’s communiqué No. 2026-11, relayed by L’Indicateur du Renouveau.

The number of people deported from Guinea who have died in Mali has now risen to 11, while nearly 2,950 people are involved in new convoys. The figure appears in communiqué No. 2026-11 of the Interministerial Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management, cited by Bamada.net.

The Interministerial Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management also reports humanitarian assistance operations launched by the Malian authorities for people deported from Guinea, according to the same communiqué.

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