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| Second Battle of Gao | |||||||
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| Part of Northern Mali conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 France Mali |
 MOJWA | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Paul Geze |
Abdel Hakim[1]Aliou Muhammar Touré[1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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88 men 1 attack helicopter | 60 terrorists | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 wounded | 25 killed | ||||||
The Second Battle of Gao was the recapture of the city of Gao from Islamist MOJWA fighters by Malian/French forces.[2] It took place in January 2013 within the Northern Mali Conflict.
- ^ a b Hilsum, Lindsey (2 February 2013). "Inside Gao where Arab jihadis took bloody sharia retribution on Mali's black Africans". the Guardian.
- ^ "French forces in Mali capture Gao". Al Jazeera English. 27 January 2013.