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Coordinated offensives by Tuareg separatists and al-Qaeda-linked militants have killed Mali’s defense minister and forced Malian and Russian troops from the symbolic northern town of Kidal. The ...
News Mali » Kidal » Security: Evening brief: Mali massacre exposes Russia’s Sahel failure as Kidal falls
Mali’s Russian security model cracked in public over the weekend, and it cracked in the exact place Bamako and Moscow could least afford to lose: Kidal. Reuters reported that JNIM, al-Qaeda’s Sahel ...
News Mali » Kidal » Security: What role has Russia played in Mali’s security and the Sahel region?
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Days after armed groups launched large-scale attacks on Malian Armed Forces' bases, military ruler Assimi Goita on Tuesday said ...
News Mali » Kidal » Security: The battle of Kidal, a triumph for Mali’s Assimi Goïta
“Glory to the Malian army! Long live the five colonels!”: On 14 November, Colonel Assimi Goïta’s supporters thronged Bamako’s Independence Square following the announcement that the Malian Armed ...
News Mali » Kidal » Security: New fighting in Mali’s Kidal between army and rebels
Kidal, a Tuareg stronghold, was retaken in November 2023 by the Malian army – Copyright AFP/File Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD Fresh fighting erupted Sunday in the key Malian ...
News Mali » Kidal » Security: Mali rebels attack convoy of Russian reinforcements headed to besieged military camp
Tuareg separatists from the Azawad Liberation Front and their jihadist allies attacked a convoy of Russian soldiers and Malian troops Thursday as they were en route to reinforce a military camp in ...
News Mali » Kidal » Security: Malian defense chief is killed as jihadis and rebels seize towns and military bases
Read full article: Orlando mayor reflects on Pulse Nightclub shooting 10 years later, vows to finish memorial before leaving office The Malian government confirmed the death of the defense chief, Gen.
News Mali » Kidal » Security: Mali army says situation 'under control' after new wave of coordinated terror attacks
Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM terrorists and Tuareg-led separatists targeted multiple towns and prison, months after capturing Kidal and killing Mali's defence minister.
News Mali » Kidal » Security: JNIM-FLA offensive tests FAMa and Africa Corps near Anéfis as Ag Ghali's son reportedly surfaces in the fighting
A coordinated assault in northern Mali Northern Mali witnessed one of its most intense confrontations of 2026 in early July, when a coalition combining Jama 39;at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) ...
News Mali » Kidal » Security: Mali crisis: Who are the key leaders to know about?
Armed violence has intensified in Mali since Saturday after an al-Qaeda-linked armed group working with separatists attacked several military bases across multiple cities, including areas where senior ...
News Mali » Kidal » Security: Mali troops and Russian mercenaries withdraw from Kidal after coordinated rebel attacks
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Malian troops and Russian mercenaries withdrew from the northern city of Kidal after a series of coordinated attacks across the country by rebel and jihadi forces, the rebels ...
News Mali » Kidal » Security: Mali rebels say they have taken base vacated by UN peacekeepers
Mali’s northern Tuareg rebels said they have seized a base in Kidal vacated by the United Nations on Tuesday, potentially leading to a showdown in the strategic city where Mali’s army is hoping to ...