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Mali records 160,000 arrivals from Guinea, including 60,000 in Kouremalé

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The Malian government has revised to around 160,000 the number of people who arrived from Guinea, split between the Bamako district (nearly 100,000) and the border locality of Kouremalé (around 60,000), where six deaths were recorded. Bamako announces an emergency reception site at Quinzinbougou and repatriation operations, with 47 Burkinabè buses having already brought back nearly 3,430 people, according to a statement of 7 November 2026.

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