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

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

Mali defence minister killed amid flurry of insurgent attacks

armed forces were still entrenched. But Mali’s army chief of staff, General Oumar Diarra

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

Mali’s eastern neighbours, [Burkina Faso](https://www.theguardian.com/world/burkina-faso) and Niger, expelled French and American forces following coups in 2022 and 2023 respectively. ![Armed

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

forces against the Malian state: What next? A series of coordinated attacks carried out by ⁠⁠armed groups across [Mali

Mali rattled by ongoing armed attacks: What to know

Forces informs the public that unidentified armed terrorist groups targeted certain locations and barracks in the capital and the interior early this morning, April 25, 2026. Fighting is ongoing,” Mali

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

armed groups after asking French troops to leave the country. In June last year, Wagner said it would withdraw from Mali after more than three-and-a-half years on the ground. The paramilitary force

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

Mali’s security and the Sahel region? Days after armed groups launched large-scale attacks on Malian Armed Forces

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

Mali withdrew as did a UN peacekeeping force. The use of Russian fighters has had mixed results, analysts said. They have helped push rebels or armed

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

forces” following the attacks. The violence has set off fighting across Mali’s vast desert north, raising the prospect of significant gains by armed

Migrants in hiding as Mauritania pushbacks drastically cut Europe arrivals

Mali to Niger, where coups and attacks by various armed groups have prompted some to migrate and forced

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

armed groups. “That’s a big development,” Haque said. “It seems that Malian forces are not even putting up a fight up north.” Mali

Mapping Mali’s gold and natural resource wealth

Mali has been gripped by a succession of coups, political instability and a security crisis since at least 2012. In the most recent upheaval on April 25, an al-Qaeda-linked [armed group](/news/2026/4/30/mali-crisis-who-are-the-key-leaders-to-know-about) joined

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

Mali-Russia alliance, have been accused of attacking civilians, but the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data monitoring group found that in 2024 and 2025, the government and its allied forces

Mali army says armed groups launch coordinated attacks across country

Armed groups have launched coordinated attacks across Mali, including in the capital Bamako, the country's army says. In a statement released on Saturday morning, the military said "fighting is ongoing", adding "our defence

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

force of Russian mercenaries surrendered. The defeat reversed a key symbolic victory won by the junta in [Mali](https://www.theguardian.com/world/mali) three years ago. Jean-Hervé Jezequel, [Sahel](https://www.theguardian.com/world/sahel) project director for International

Macron tours East Africa amid push to redefine France’s role in Africa

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have seen coups followed by rapidly deteriorating relations with France. French forces were subsequently expelled after years of military operations against armed

Militants and separatists launch coordinated attacks across Mali

Mali, alongside neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso, has long been battling armed groups affiliated with al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. After military coups, the juntas in the three countries have turned from western

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

forced out by Mali’s military rulers in 2022. He said the rebels viewed Russia’s intervention negatively because they “supported people who committed serious crimes and massacres”, referring to Goita’s government, which seized

Mauritania’s female Islamic guides: Leading the fight against ‘extremism’

force,” Elhoussein said. ## Why Mauritania stands apart The results, while difficult to quantify, are reflected in Mauritania’s regional trajectory. The country has not been immune to threats from armed groups, enduring attacks

Mali drone strikes kill at least 10 civilians at wedding

Mali’s former colonial ruler, France, and the United Nations had deployed soldiers and peacekeepers to the country to try to control the violence by armed groups, but Bamako [expelled](/features/2025/12/31/a-marriage-of-three-will-mali-niger-burkina-faso-bloc-reshape-the-sahel) their forces