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Mali rattled by ongoing armed attacks: What to know

Kidal was “captured” in an operation coordinated with the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a Tuareg-dominated rebel group. Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, a spokesperson for FLA, said on social media ⁠that the group had taken control

Russian mercenaries to withdraw from Mali city after attacks

Kidal after two days of clashes, the country's separatist Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) group has said, as it claims to control

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

Kidal in the north in a coordinated operation with the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a Tuareg-dominated rebel group with which it has previously sparred. The series of attacks marked one of the biggest security

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

Liberation Front for Azawad (FLA) group, fighting for an independent nation called Azawad, also in the north, are clashing with the military and allied Russian mercenaries who have been deployed since 2021. They control Kidal

Mali probes soldiers suspected of involvement in military base attacks

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

Mali leader Goita takes defence post after minister killed

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 2021. Together with the JNIM, they

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

Azawad Liberation Front (FLA). The fighters attacked several military bases across multiple cities, including areas where senior government officials live, and took control of the northern city of Kidal

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

Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), which is fighting for an independent region in northern Mali, and the army and Russian fighters. In June, the FLA partnered with JNIM to ambush an army convoy that resulted

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

Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), with [Bamako coming under a blockade](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20e2lnvgpgo) late last year. But the latest attacks mark a "major escalation in the conflict" between the military government and the rebels, said

France urges citizens to leave Mali after rebel attacks

Kidal and Kati. Reports suggest the assault by the separatist Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) - which seeks a breakaway ethnic Tuareg state - was primarily focused on northern cities, while the jihadist group Jama'at Nusrat

Mali hit by wave of coordinated attacks from armed groups

Kidal, and the northern city of Gao. The [U.S. Embassy in Mali](https://x.com/USEmbassyMali/status/2047972860254208102?s=20) has urged American citizens to shelter in place and avoid all travel. While the Malian government says fighting is ongoing

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

Azawad Liberation Front formed from components of past rebel groups. It is led by Alghabass Ag Intalla, and the group is once more calling for self-determination.  Malian President Assimi Goita

Militants and separatists launch coordinated attacks across Mali

Azawad Liberation Front, a Tuareg-led separatist group. Mali has previously faced insurgencies fought by affiliates of al-Qaida and the [Islamic State](https://www.theguardian.com/world/islamic-state) group, as well as a separatist rebellion

Mali military leader Goita emerges as Russia declares it halted coup

controlled by Moscow and sent to back up the Malian government, had been forced to withdraw from the key northern town of Kidal. The Kremlin, separately, said it urgently wanted peace and stability in Mali

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

Azawad Liberation Front (FLA)](/news/2026/4/28/what-is-the-azawad-liberation-front-part-of-the-mali-attacks) and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM). The groups attacked several cities: Kidal, Gao, Sevare and Kati – sites of major military bases. Mali

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

Kidal in the north in a coordinated operation with the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a Tuareg-dominated rebel group. On Sunday, a 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

Mali drone strikes kill at least 10 civilians at wedding

Azawad Liberation Front (FLA). A resident of the Tene locality, where the strikes took place, told the AFP news agency that “10 of our children” were killed. “What was supposed to be a moment

Mali’s forces target rebel alliance in junta’s fight to keep power

control of Kidal after soldiers fled and a force of Russian mercenaries surrendered. The defeat reversed a key symbolic victory won by the junta in Mali three years ago. ![An FLA fighter stands

Armed fighters kill at least 30 people in attacks in central Mali

Azawad Liberation Front (FLA). On top of the resurgence in violence and the blockade, civilians are caught at the height of the dry season, said Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque. “It hasn’t rained

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

Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), told the AFP news agency during a visit to Paris to meet French security and defence officials that his movement’s “objective” was for Russia’s Africa Corps to “withdraw permanently