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

army convoy in Tinzaouaten, in the northeast of the country, which resulted in Malian and Russian casualties. Then on Saturday, the two armed groups coordinated the latest series of attacks across the country. Bulama Bukarti

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

casualties. Mali’s [defence minister, Sadio Camara,](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/26/mali-defence-minister-killed-amid-flurry-of-insurgent-attacks) died in a suicide attack on his residence in the garrison town of Kati, 15km (9 miles) north-west of the capital, Bamako

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

army convoy that resulted in Malian and Russian losses. On Saturday, the FLA and JNIM confirmed attacks on several Malian military posts. Barracks in Kati outside Bamako, where President Assimi Goita, the head of Mali

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

attacks on military bases and raids into major towns in Mali and neighbouring [Burkina Faso](https://www.theguardian.com/world/burkina-faso) last summer, observers suggested they had been inspired by their counterparts in Syria, who had overthrown

Mali military leader Goita emerges as Russia declares it halted coup

army base and the area near Bamako’s airport, while driving Russian soldiers – deployed in support of government forces – out of Kidal in the north. No statement accompanied the photos of Goita’s meeting with