Search

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

Mali, the deadliest assault since armed groups launched a [widespread coordinated assault](/news/2026/4/30/mali-crisis-who-are-the-key-leaders-to-know-about) late last month. According to local, security and administrative sources speaking to the AFP news agency on Thursday, attacks

Russian mercenaries to withdraw from Mali city after attacks

Mali's defence minister was reportedly killed in a car bomb in Kati on Saturday. Quoting his family and French media, news agencies said the attack

Mali army says armed groups launch coordinated attacks across country

attacks. Mali is currently ruled by a military junta led by Gen Assimi Goïta, who first seized power in a coup in 2020, promising to restore security and push back armed groups. The junta

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

attacks”. Goita said on Tuesday evening that military operations would continue until the “armed groups” were “neutralised”. On Wednesday, the news agency Reuters reported that Malian forces were back in control of the town

Mali rattled by ongoing armed attacks: What to know

news is, so far, they [armed groups] haven’t been able to control … larger cities,” he added. ## Who is behind Saturday’s attack? The JNIM and Tuareg rebels have claimed responsibility for the attacks

Mali military leader Goita emerges as Russia declares it halted coup

attacks over the weekend that killed one of his ministers. The news release came after Russia said earlier in the day that it was seeking stability in the [West African country.](/news/2026/4/27/timeline-how-mali-went-from-democracy-beacon-to-instability) , in which

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

Mali. He added that fighters linked to the armed group were also arrested. Security sources told AFP news agency that opposition figures Mountaga Tall, Youssouf Daba Diawara, and Moussa Djire are among those “abducted”. According

Mali probes soldiers suspected of involvement in military base attacks

attacks on army bases](/news/2026/4/25/mali-army-says-armed-groups-launch-nationwide-attacks-gunfire-near-airport) across the country last week, claimed by an al-Qaeda affiliate and separatists. A prosecutor at a military tribunal near the capital, Bamako, said in a statement on Friday that

France urges citizens to leave Mali after rebel attacks

attacks on multiple locations across the country. Mali is currently ruled by a military junta led by Goïta, who first seized power in a coup in 2020, promising to restore security and push back armed