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Al-Qaeda Affiliate in the Sahel Could Topple the Government in Mali

A combined military offensive over the weekend, featuring forces from al-Qaeda’s Sahelian affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a secessionist group comprised of Tuareg and Arab tribes in northern Mali, threatened to topple the ruling military junta in the capital of Bamako. The attack unfolded throughout the country and was highly coordinated, as insurgents and their counterparts launched a…

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Mali has suffered this weekend one of the most serious episodes of violence in more than a decade. The two insurgencys, led by Tuareg rebels and jihadists, have joined forces to launch an offensive against the military regime in the main cities of the country, including Bamako, the capital. The assassination of the Minister of Defense shows how much security has deteriorated in recent years in the Sahel region, a focus of instability in the sout…

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After the weekend attack series, the situation in Mali seems to have stabilized for the time being, but the attacks show that the fight in Mali is changing, which seems to have surprised not only the military junta, by K. Bensch.

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A minister murdered along with his wife, a coordinated insurrection that has already taken over the city of Kidal, and a dozen Spanish musical programmers confined to a hotel in Bamako. On Saturday, April 25, Mali once again became the scene of an uprising led by two rebel forces: the Tuareg separatists of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) who claim the northern region, and the jihadist Support Group for Islam and the Muslims (JNIM, branch of Al…

·Barcelona, Spain
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Jihadists and Tuareg attack army and military government. Mali expert Ulf Laessing orders.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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The rebels of Azawad, whose links with Ukraine have been recognized, have made public their association with the Al Qaeda branch in the Sahel.More information: Mali's Minister of Defense, Sadio Camara, dies in an attack linked to Al Qaeda near the capital, Bamako

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Mali experienced particularly violent attacks last weekend. Coordinated assaults, carried out in Kati, Gao, Sévaré and Kidal, were claimed by the FLA and JNIM, causing several deaths and injuries. During this barbaric act, Defense Minister Sadio Camara lost his life. Two days of mourning were decreed. Is it the beginnings of the black winter that the President Traoré of Burkina Faso announced? It is Mali that is attacked but it is the entire Sah…

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La Croix broke the news on Sunday, April 26, 2026.
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