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Mali's defence minister was reportedly killed in a car bomb in Kati on Saturday. Quoting his family and French media, news
news conference in Bamako on Wednesday, Malian army commander Djibrilla Maiga said fighters were attempting to reorganise after the April attacks, which killed Defence Minister Sadio Camara and drove Russian troops aligned with Mali
defence minister](/news/2026/5/4/mali-leader-goita-takes-defence-post-after-minister-killed). At least 23 others were also killed in the attacks. Since then, “there has been a wave of arrests of former and current military officers, members of civil society, lawyers, members
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 it has won significant influence since
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” from the country. Russian fighters backed
defence minister was killed and Russian forces backing the government were forced out of the northern town of Kidal, which al-Qaeda-linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and Tuareg separatists
Defence Minister Sadio Camara had been killed](/news/2026/4/26/malis-defence-minister-sadio-camara-killed-amid-coordinated-attacks) amid coordinated attacks on military sites across the country, including the capital, Bamako. His residence in Kati was attacked on Saturday. “The General Staff of the Armed