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Insurgent alliance strikes at heart of Mali’s junta, exposing limits of Russian protection
Tuareg separatists and al Qaeda-linked fighters coordinated the attacks, exposing the junta’s weak hold as Russian Africa Corps forces withdrew from Kidal.
- On Saturday, April 25, Tuareg separatists and al-Qaeda-linked jihadists launched coordinated attacks across Mali, killing Defence Minister General Sadio Camara in a suicide truck bombing and capturing the northern city of Kidal.
- The Azawad Liberation Front and the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims negotiated this rare alliance more than a year ago to coordinate simultaneous strikes across the country, tying down the army to seize control of the north.
- Russia's Africa Corps confirmed its withdrawal from Kidal on Monday, while a suicide truck bomb at the Kati garrison killed Camara, exposing the junta's inability to protect senior leaders even at its headquarters.
- Military leader General Assimi Goita made his first public appearance since the violence on Tuesday, meeting Russian Ambassador Igor Gromyko in Bamako as Russia denounced the attacks as a coup attempt.
- The attacks reveal the limits of Russian military capacity, starkly contrasting with the stability maintained by French and UN peacekeeping forces before the 2020 coup, when 13,000-14,000 soldiers helped secure the country.
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