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Mali probes soldiers suspected of involvement in military base attacks Malian authorities say they are investigating
Mali’s security and the Sahel region? Days after armed groups launched large-scale attacks on Malian Armed Forces’ bases, military
Mali might be a stretch but insurgents can force hand of weakened regime When al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic militants launched a series of attacks on military bases
Mali has been left reeling from sweeping attacks by jihadists and separatist rebels who seized several towns and military bases
Mali since Saturday after an al-Qaeda-linked armed group working with separatists attacked several military bases
military base, a major installation outside the capital. Soldiers have been deployed to block off roads in the area. There are also reports of attacks in Gao in the north-east and Sevare in central
military source told Al Jazeera that Mali’s Defence Minister [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, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ country director for Mali
attacks along national highways". "If you choose to remain in Mali, you do so at your own risk. You should have a personal emergency plan that does not rely on the UK government," the foreign
Mali has been plagued by insurgencies by groups affiliated with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, and the FLA. Fighting on Saturday had been reported in Kati, a major military base outside the capital
attacked several military positions in Bamako and the country’s interior. Two loud explosions and sustained gunfire were heard shortly before 6am (06:00 GMT) near Mali’s main military base
base, said he was woken by the sound of gunfire and explosions. Gen Assimi Goita, the leader of Mali’s military junta, resides in Kati. The residence of Mali’s defence minister, Sadio Camara
base. 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
military bases while punishing communities seen as collaborating with the government. It was JNIM that terrified people in Moctar’s village. It initially targeted fringe areas with little government control, but as its forces
military government took power in a coup in 2021. West Africa’s al-Qaeda affiliate and the Tuareg separatist group on Saturday hit Mali’s main army base and the area near Bamako’s airport
Mali’s capital, Bamako, and seized the town of Tessalit in the north. Reuters reported on Friday that Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has called on Malians to rise up to “bring down
attacks by JNIM worsened and the group began seizing swaths of northern Mali, the military again seized power in Bamako in August 2020, promising an end to the crisis. France and many other countries condemned
attacks, which killed Defence Minister Sadio Camara and drove Russian troops aligned with Mali’s leaders from the strategic northern town of Kidal. “The threat is still present,” Maiga said, though he added that
Mali](https://www.theguardian.com/world/mali) would observe two days of mourning. The statement followed media reports earlier in the day that Camara had been killed during the operation in Kati, roughly 9 miles (15km) north
Mali, an al-Qaeda-linked group has stormed a main prison housing fighters from the armed group and set fire to trucks with food supplies heading to the capital Bamako. Fighters from the Jama
attacks declined but continued intermittently. However, when the military in Mali seized power in 2020, France condemned the coup led by current President Assimi Goita, angering the new government. Paris soon began to shift