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A prominent al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb jihadist said AQIM leader Abu Zeid had been killed in a French bombing raid in the Ifoghas mountains but that Mokhtar Belmokhtar was still alive and "in the Gao region, waging the fight." The UN reported that 40,000 Malians, mainly Tuaregs, have fled to refugee camps in Burkina Faso. The UK Foreign Secretary visited Bamako; the UK is donating 40 personnel to the EU training mission.