Mali: Tuareg pro-junte fighters killed near Menaka by explosive device

In the north, two fighters of the Movement for Salvation of the Azawad (MSA, pro-junte) were killed on Saturday 22 March 2025 by an explosive device on a road axis. The jihadist movements are accused of having laid the mine whose explosion also injured MSA fighters.

Mali's security crisis continues as two members of pro-junta group die in blast

The two victims who were members of the Movement for the Salvation of Azawad (MSA), were slain in the country's northeast, according to a statement published by Menaka, the region's largest town

Al Akhbar (Bamako) - The Azawad Salvation Movement (MSA) announced the death of two of its members when an explosive device exploded on their motorcycle on Saturday in northeastern Mali. A statement issued by the movement, which is allied with the military junta in Bamako, explained that the two were guarding a food convoy heading to the town of Menaka. Mali has been suffering from a security crisis since 2012 due to attacks by armed groups, whi…