BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — New fighting erupted between the Malian military and armed rebel groups in an area south of Kidal late Friday, with both sides claiming to control the town of Anefis as night fell. The violence is the latest in a string of increasing attacks by the rebels, known as the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security and Development (CSP-PSD). Political Cartoons View All 1202 ImagesThe 2015 peace deal called for the ex-rebels to be integrated into the national military among other things. Former colonizer France, which led a 2013 military intervention to oust jihadis from power, has since moved its forces outside Mali. Since the peacekeepers completed the first phase of their withdrawal in August, attacks in northern Mali have more than doubled.

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Persons: Wagner, “, Staff Gal, Oumar Diarra, Assifmi Goita, jihadis Organizations: Malian, Peace, Security, Development, Analysts, Staff, Islamic, colonizer Locations: BAMAKO, Mali, Kidal, Anefis, Malian, Azawad, West, colonizer France