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April 25, 2026. **uncredited/AP** uncredited/AP LAGOS, Nigeria—In Mali, West Africa, arme groups including Islamist militants have launched one of the largest coordinated attacks seen in recent
attacks in recent years. The Africa Corps, a Russian Defence Ministry unit that replaced the private Wagner Group, was deployed in Mali after Goita asked French forces to withdraw in 2022. France had previously stationed
Mali_May5_2026-02_LEADERS-1777994535](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Interactive_Mali_May5_2026-02_LEADERS-1777994535.jpg?quality=80) (Al Jazeera) ## Have civilians been affected by the attacks? Besides the country’s defence minister, at least 23 people were killed in the fighting between armed
April 2026. Photograph: Florence Miettaux/The Guardian States with the highest recorded incidents are the [occupied Palestinian Territory](https://www.unocha.org/occupied-palestinian-territory) with 9,013 attacks, followed by Yemen – 1,863 incidents – and Sudan, where food
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 forces with Tuareg separatists to [launch simultaneous attacks](/news/2026/4/27/rival-armed-groups-join-forces-against-the-malian-state-what-next) on targets across the country, killing Defence Minister Sadio Camara and prompting armed
2026 [File: Maxim Shipenkov/AP] ## What is Azawad? Azawad is a self-declared autonomous region in northern Mali proclaimed during the 2012 Malian civil war. The roots of the independence movement go back decades. Ethnic Tuaregs
April 25, 2026. Fighting is ongoing,” Mali’s military said in a statement on Saturday. Al-Qaeda-linked group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has claimed responsibility for attacks in Kati, near