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Mali crisis: Who are the key leaders to know about?

Sadio Camara, Minister of Defense and Veterans of Mali](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AFP__20260426__A8YH76B__v1__HighRes__FilesMaliUnrest-1777205274.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) Colonel Sadio Camara

Mali in turmoil after insurgents seize towns and kill defence minister

Sadio Camara](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f04947f8eaaa7042a45216eba54d2621abe3d50e/0_459_3713_2968/master/3713.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Sadio Camara. Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/Reuters Mali’s [defence minister, Sadio

Mali’s militant attacks expose limits of Putin’s power in Africa

Sadio Camara wearing a kufi cap and glasses](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/73e16a4314bc2de22ffdde81607e0e2c0bf25804/393_0_3793_3034/master/3793.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Sadio Camara, a member

What is the Azawad Liberation Front, part of the Mali attacks?

Camara](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP26117285606907-1777374672.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) Defence Minister Sadio Camara was killed in an attack on his home

Russian mercenaries to withdraw from Mali city after attacks

Sadio Camara was killed in the attacks near Bamako, according to his family and French

Mali defence minister killed amid flurry of insurgent attacks

Sadio Camara’s residence in the town of Kati, the spokesperson, Issa Ousmane Coulibaly, said

‘We saw terrible things’: Mali refugees tell of atrocities amid attacks

Sadio Camara was killed in the assault. All sides are accused of humanitarian violations. But in the past

Rival armed groups join forces against the Malian state: What next?

Sadio Camara](/news/2026/4/26/malis-defence-minister-sadio-camara-killed-amid-coordinated-attacks) had been killed during the attacks. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Mathias Hounkpe

Taking power in Mali might be a stretch but insurgents can force hand of weakened regime

Sadio Camara, killed](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/26/mali-defence-minister-killed-amid-flurry-of-insurgent-attacks) in a suicide attack on his residence in the garrison

Timeline: How Mali went from democracy beacon to instability

Sadio Camara was killed in the attacks. The attacks have exposed security vulnerabilities in the country

Russia claims its Africa Corps group prevented coup in Mali after rebels seize towns

Sadio Camara](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/27/mali-attacks-insurgents-seize-towns-kill-defence-minister) – a key Moscow ally – in an apparent suicide bombing. Kremlin

France urges citizens to leave Mali after rebel attacks

Sadio Camara was killed](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yvy7v66ndo) in an apparent suicide bombing by militants, while

Russian paramilitary carried out air strikes in Mali as rebels advanced, footage shows

Sadio Camara. Russian forces claimed up to 12,000 fighters took part in the offensive

What role has Russia played in Mali’s security and the Sahel region?

Sadio Camara was killed and several cities, including the northern city of Kidal, were seized

Mali’s Tuareg rebels say Russian fighters must withdraw from country

Sadio Camara, was killed in an assault on his home at his residence in Kati

Rebel checkpoints reported around Mali’s capital, northern town seized

Sadio Camara. Videos shared on social media by local accounts on Friday show armed fighters

Mali leader Goita takes defence post after minister killed

Sadio Camara in [large-scale attacks](/news/2026/4/30/mali-crisis-who-are-the-key-leaders-to-know-about) by an al-Qaeda-linked group working with

Mapping Mali’s gold and natural resource wealth

Sadio Camara and prompting armed groups to declare a siege on the capital, Bamako. Amidst

What’s happening in Mali one week after attack by armed groups? All we know

Sadio Camara, in last week’s attacks by rebel groups, state TV channel ORTM reported

Al-Qaeda-linked fighters storm Mali prison, block food supplies to Bamako

Sadio Camara and his family in their home in Kati, a garrison town near the capital