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Bamako under siege: why Mali’s army is struggling to break the jihadist blockade of the capital

When the military overthrew the democratically elected government in Mali in 2020, coup leader General Assimi Goita promised to root out jihadists in the north of the country. Mali had been struggling to defeat them for nearly a decade.

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US embassy urges Americans to leave Mali due to a fuel crisis linked to a militant group

The U.S. Embassy in Mali told all American citizens on Tuesday to leave the country due to a severe fuel crisis and security threats linked to a jihadi group

The Independent UK

Mali is squeezed as militants enforce a fuel blockade

Mali is facing a fuel blockade imposed by jihadi militants, causing significant disruptions

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In The Sahel, No Reprieve Under Jihadist Blockade

Islamist militants still severely impact large swathes of Burkina Faso and Mali, imposing roadblocks, launching attacks and cutting off supply lines as they expand their decade-long presence, according to residents' testimonies.

International Business Times

Mali under pressure to end fuel crisis as negotiations with jihadists stall

Mali’s military junta is struggling to ease a jihadist fuel blockade as talks with al-Qaeda-linked militants inch forward – amid petrol shortages and growing public frustration.

Radio France Internationale

Desperate search for fuel in Mali's capital as al-Qaida-linked group enforces blockade

Residents in Mali's capital, Bamako, are struggling with a fuel shortage due to a blockade by a militant group linked to al-Qaida

The Independent UK

Al-Qaida-linked militants target fuel trucks in Mali in a blockade that could squeeze the economy

Militants linked to al-Qaida have burned around 100 fuel trucks heading to Mali's capital

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Armed group linked to al-Qaida sets fuel trucks ablaze as it blockades imports to Mali

An armed group affiliated with al-Qaida has set fire to fuel tankers in Mali

The Independent UK

Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali junta

Jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda have launched a blitz of raids on Malian industrial sites run by foreign firms, especially Chinese, as a tactic to undermine the ruling junta.

Radio France Internationale

Chinese Firms Pay Price Of Jihadist Strikes Against Mali Junta

Jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda have launched a blitz of raids on Malian industrial sites run by foreign firms, especially Chinese, as a tactic to undermine the ruling junta.

International Business Times

Wagner Russian paramilitary group's troubled legacy in Mali revealed

A new report has cast a harsh light on the Wagner Group's three years in Mali, showing how the Russian mercenary group was a source of instability rather than a solution to the country’s security woes.

Radio France Internationale

Islamic State and al-Qaida threat is intense in Africa, with growing risks in Syria, UN experts say

The threat from Islamic State and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates is most intense in parts of Africa, and risks are growing in Syria, which both groups view as a “a strategic base for external operations,” U.N. experts said in a new report

The Independent UK

Attack on military base in Burkina Faso kills about 50 soldiers, residents say

Residents in northern Burkina Faso say an attack by an armed group on a military base has left about 50 soldiers dead

The Independent UK

Malian army and Wagner Group abduct and execute Fulani civilians, NGO claims

Mali’s armed forces and the allied Russia-backed Wagner Group have committed dozens of summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men since January 2025, according to a report by the NGO Human Rights Watch.

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‘No one is safe’: Civilians, foreigners caught in escalating Mali violence

Indian nationals abducted while Mali’s army and armed groups clash, raising concerns crisis could resonate beyond Sahel.

The Conversation

West Africa terror: why attacks on military bases are rising – and four ways to respond

More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country’s military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), on the town of Boulikessi.

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Al-Qaida-linked group claims attack against Mali army position near Senegal

Mali's military says armed men on Tuesday attacked a Mali community just over the border from Senegal

The Guardian - UK

Who are JNIM, the jihadist ‘ghost enemy’ gaining momentum in the Sahel?

Islamist extremist group has capitalised on instability to control a swath of the region

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The Independent UK

Wagner Group leaving Mali after heavy losses but Russia's Africa Corps to remain

The Russia-backed Wagner Group says it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country

The Independent UK

Extremists kill dozens of soldiers at a Mali military base, sources say

Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali

The Guardian - UK

Al-Qaida affiliate attacks Mali army bases as junta struggles to contain jihadist threat

Attack in Timbuktu comes as Islamist group JNIM claims separate assault near border with Burkina Faso

Al Jazeera

Al-Qaeda affiliate claims 200 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso attack

Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claims attack on Djibo military outpost, SITE Intelligence Group says.

Euronews

Burkina Faso forces killed more than 130 civilians in March attack, Human Rights Watch says

The massacre by government forces and pro-government militias led to reprisal killings by Islamist fighters, according to the NGO.

The Independent UK

Burkina Faso forces killed at least 100 civilians in a March attack, Human Rights Watch says

Human Rights Watch says at least 100 civilians in Burkina Faso were killed by government forces near the town of Solenzo in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in an attack in March

Radio France Internationale

Where do jihadist groups in the Sahel get their weapons?

Jihadist groups in the Sahel region are arming themselves largely through looting their countries' own military stockpiles, new research reveals, debunking theories that jihadists are being supplied by foreign weapons pipelines such as France.

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