When the military seized power in Mali in 2020, promising to tackle rampant insecurity, many in the West African country cheered. For years, Mali had been buffeted by armed groups with links to Al Qaeda and ISIS, and many Malians felt the government and its French allies had failed to quell the violence. With the…
A rare joint offensive by Tuareg separatists and militants linked to Al Qaeda in Mali over the weekend represented a major setback for the West African country’s military regime and its Russian paramilitary partners. No death toll has been confirmed by the two groups that claimed responsibility for the attacks: JNIM, the Qaeda-linked group; and…
Mali’s defense minister, Gen. Sadio Camara, was among those killed in coordinated attacks by Al Qaeda-linked militants in the West African nation over the weekend, a government spokesman said on state television Sunday, a blow that shows the growing strength of Islamist terrorists in the region. The spokesman, Issa Ousmane Coulibaly, said a vehicle “laden…
