Tessit is a small town and commune in the Cercle of Ansongo in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali.

As of 1998 the commune had a population of 6,717.

[1] Between March 15 and 16, 2021, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara fighters clashed with Malian and French troops over control of a Malian military base, with ISGS jihadists overrunning the coalition and taking over the town.

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