#French military: Death toll in Mali base attack rises to 77

The death toll in a suicide attack on a Mali army camp in the African country’s north has risen to 77, a French military spokesman has said. A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle to the military camp in Gao, Col Patrik Steiger said yesterday. The victims, all Malians, were soldiers and former fighters grouped together to try to stabilize the region after a 2015 peace agreement with the government.