Suspected Islamist militants have attacked a hotel in central Mali, killing at least eight people and exchanging fire with troops near the building, residents and military sources say.
ABC News: Eight dead in Mali hotel attack, gun battle raging

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (R) reviews troops in Kati, near Bamako, on August 6, 2015, after visting soldiers injured in an attack on their camp in northern Mali on August 3, which left 11 soldiers dead.