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Mali’s capital and other cities on Saturday in one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years. The al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM claimed responsibility
Mali’s military said in a statement on Saturday. Al-Qaeda-linked group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has claimed responsibility for attacks
Mali, the country’s [military government](/news/2026/5/4/mali-leader-goita-takes-defence-post-after-minister-killed) has begun restructuring and taking measures to secure the country. On April 25, al-Qaeda-linked group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility
Mali’s security crisis has worsened since rival armed groups have allied and launched [coordinated attacks](/news/2026/4/26/mali-rattled-by-ongoing-armed-attacks-what-to-know) across the country. Al-Qaeda-linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has claimed responsibility
claimed responsibility for attacks on military sites across the country, including in the capital, Bamako. JNIM said it had “captured” the city of Kidal in the north in a coordinated operation with the Azawad Liberation
JNIM, cooperated with a Tuareg-dominated rebel group to carry out [more than half a dozen simultaneous attacks across the country](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/25/militants-and-separatists-launch-coordinated-attacks-across-mali), according to claims by both groups. The government has not provided
JNIM confirmed attacks on several Malian military posts. Barracks in Kati outside Bamako, where President Assimi Goita, the head of Mali’s military government, lives were attacked along with the airport that serves Bamako