Taking power in Mali might be a stretch but insurgents can force hand of weakened regime

The Guardian World | Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:42 GMT

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Coordinated attack by JNIM and the Tuareg minority inflicted significant casualties on government forces and Russian auxiliariesWhen al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic militants launched a series of attacks on military bases and raids into major towns in Mali and neighbouring Burkina Faso last summer, observers suggested they had…

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