The Operational Coordination Mechanism (MOC), which was hit hard by a terrorist attack on January 18 in Gao, has begun replacing the combatants who died in the drama.
“There are some sixty new combatants from the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) and the Platform. Profiling started yesterday. These are the members that lost their lives on January 18 and three others that have been written off”, said an official of the OMC in Gao.
As part of the peace agreement, the MOC gathered about 600 combatants in Gao where it was installed. It was at a traditional rally on January 18, early in the morning, that a vehicle carrying petrol barrels hit the front door and exploded near the fighters. Committing the country’s most deadly attack.
Aboubacar Dicko