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Heavy gunfire and explosions have rocked Mali's northern city of Gao, where Malian, French and West African troops are fighting Islamist militants.
Malian defense officials said Thursday the clashes erupted after militants attacked central Gao overnight and troops moved in to repel them. The French news agency reports the main courthouse in Gao is on fire.
A Malian Defense Ministry spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Diarran Kone, tells VOA Gao had been liberated but that "pockets ...