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Mali crisis: Who are the key leaders to know about? Armed violence has intensified in Mali
Mali has fought a long-running conflict against a broad array of rebel groups for more than a decade. Military leaders seized power in 2020 after accusing the civilian administration of failing to properly manage
crisis For years, a complex network of armed groups and allied militias has seized control of areas in central and northern Mali. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), a group of about
leader of Mali’s military junta, sat down with the Russian president, [Vladimir Putin](https://www.theguardian.com/world/vladimir-putin), in the Kremlin last summer, it symbolised Moscow’s commanding sway over Mali at the expense
leader Gen Assimi Goïta said the security situation in the country was under control. Speaking in public for the first time on Tuesday evening, he said the army had dealt a "violent blow
leader of Mali’s military junta, resides in Kati. The residence of Mali’s defence minister, Sadio Camara, was heavily damaged by an explosion during the attack, a nearby shopkeeper told the AP, speaking
leaders about continuing work on the clause.  Pedro Sánchez at a summit of the EU and regional partners in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Friday. Photograph
Crisis Group, says Malian authorities appear to have been caught off-guard by the latest wave of attacks. Speaking to Al Jazeera from Dakar on Saturday, Ibrahim said the offensive fits into a broader pattern
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 for attacks by gunmen
crisis at that time. Fighting between the Malian army and Tuaregs flared up over who would control the peacekeepers’ vacated bases, leading to dozens of civilian deaths and pushing thousands of people into Mauritania. Bamako