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forces and asked for logistical support only. Fighters from another armed group, Ansar Dine, swiftly pushed out the Tuareg rebels and seized key northern cities. This triggered French military intervention in early
Mali, West Africa, arme groups including Islamist militants have launched one of the largest coordinated attacks seen in recent years, targeting multiple cities across the country. Heavy gunfire and explosions have been reported around government
armed groups across Mali](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyx7nnrkqdo), including the capital, Bamako, on Saturday. Mali's Defence Minister Sadio Camara was killed in the attacks near Bamako, according to his family and French media. For years
Mali has made the Sahel a more permissive environment for armed groups, amplifying risks for Nigeria through spillover dynamics,” Kabir Amadu, managing director of Beacon Security and Intelligence Limited in Nigeria, told Al Jazeera. Meanwhile
forced out of the northern town of Kidal, which al-Qaeda-linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and Tuareg separatists of the Liberation Front for Azawad (FLA) [now control](/news/2026/4/30/mali-crisis-who-are-the-key-leaders-to-know-about). The violence
forces have taken control of the city of Kidal](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3w3wyq4v14o). Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta said the security situation in the country was under control. Speaking in public for the first
forced to withdraw from the key northern town of Kidal. The Kremlin, separately, said it urgently wanted peace and stability in Mali, which has battled more than a decade of rebellion and conflict. ## Reassurance
armed fighters [stormed the Kenieroba Central Prison](/news/2026/5/6/al-qaeda-linked-fighters-storm-mali-prison-block-food-supplies-to-bamako), a recently built complex about 60km (37 miles) southwest of Bamako, which houses 2,500 prisoners, including at least 72 inmates considered “high value” by the Malian
armed Tuareg separatists of the Liberation Front for Azawad (FLA) group are fighting for an independent nation called Azawad. They are battling Mali’s military and allied Russian mercenaries who have been deployed since
Mali in 2021 in the lead-up to the withdrawal of French troops amid a breakdown in relations between the ruling junta and the West. They were replaced by the Africa Corps, which is directly
forces, he led operations of the 106th Airborne Division in Ukraine in 2022. ## Key figures in the FLA Tuareg separatists have been fighting for freedom even before Mali gained independence in 1960. There have been
forces have strengthened their operational vigilance to ensure that such tragedies never happen again,” the defence minister, Téné Birahima Ouattara, said at a ceremony this March to commemorate the 10th anniversary of what
armed drones in their assaults on Kati – a junta stronghold just outside the capital, Bamako – as well as the eastern city of Gao and central towns of Mopti and Sévaré. Heavy gunfire and explosions were
Mali will be held behind closed doors and without media attendance,” Iran’s football federation said in a statement. On Monday evening, Iran’s football federation chief Mehdi Taj said the players were expected