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Guinea deportees bring death toll to 10 in Mali

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The death toll among people deported from Guinea has risen to 10 in Mali, according to communiqué No. 2026-10 from the Interministerial Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management. The additional death follows that of nine gold miners announced on 11 November, as nearly 49,000 people were evacuated in four days.

A new death has been recorded among foreign nationals deported from Guinea to Mali, bringing the number of deaths since the start of the episode to 10. The toll is included in communiqué No. 2026-10 from the Interministerial Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management, according to L’Indicateur du Renouveau.

The tenth death comes a day after the announcement of nine deaths among gold miners deported from Guinea, published on 11 November. Mali had previously reported six deaths among those deported on 7 November, before the toll rose to nine and then to 10.

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