At least 10 Malian soldiers were killed in an overnight ambush in a central region near the Mauritanian border where armed jihadist groups are rampant, security and local sources said Friday. The "updated provisional assessment of the Guire ambush is 10 dead, including a second lieutenant, survivors found and four vehicles burned," according to an internal security ministry report seen by AFP. An elected official from the Guire region confirmed the toll. sd-kt/siu/sba/erc/ach