Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group operating in Mali, implicated in coordinated attacks on villages and military positions across central and northern regions.
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… The assault was immediately claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM).On Thursday the group reported on its Al-Zallaqa propaganda platform that it had "neutralised" 150 Malian soldiers and captured 93 others. …
Death toll passes 100 soldiers in Mali attack last week: sourcesCitizen Digital
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Generative AI a new tool in Mali's information war: studyCitizen Digital
… A few months before, the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) claimed its first attack on Nigerian soil in the state, near Woro. …
Nigerian security forces rescue 300 kidnapping victimsThe Standard
… Tuareg rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) teamed up with the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) approximately a year ago, before launching their first coordinated attacks on April 25-26.FLA spokesman Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane told AFP tha …
Mali hit by new wave of coordinated attacksThe Standard
… The United States has launched strikes against Islamic State Sahel Province in northwest Nigeria, while analysts are also worried about the presence of the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM)."We're opening another sector to cover the border between …
Nigeria pushing anti-jihadist collaboration with Benin, Niger: defence ministerThe Standard
… The villages targeted had refused to sign local agreements with jihadists from the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM).More than 70 people were killed in similar attacks in the same region two weeks ago. …
Suspected jihadists killed 25 people in central MaliThe Standard
… A security and an administrative source both reported more than 30 dead in the assaults, claimed by the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM).WAMAPS, a group of west African journalists specialising in Sahel security, said the provisional toll was more than 50 village …
Twin jihadist-claimed attacks kill more than 30 in MaliCitizen Digital
… The FLA's allies, jihadists from the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), are calling for cooperation to bring down the junta that has run Mali since 2020. …
Rebels take key military camp in Mali's northThe Standard
… The retreat comes one day after JNIM (the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims) began a road blockade on the capital, Bamako. …
Rebels take key military base in Mali's northThe Standard
… blicly since fighting began at the weekend.Several strategic towns and areas around the capital, Bamako, were targeted in a dawn offensive on Saturday by Tuareg rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) and the Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims …
Tuareg rebels in control of key Mali townAt least 100 soldiers were killed in a jihadist attack on the Dioura military base in Mali on September 10, one of the deadliest assaults on the Malian army since the conflict began nearly 15 years ago. Multiple sources report over 80 soldiers were taken prisoner, the camp was abandoned, and its weaponry removed.
19 September 2026 · The Standard →
At least 100 soldiers were killed in a jihadist attack on the Dioura military base in Mali on September 10, one of the deadliest assaults on the Malian army since the conflict began nearly 15 years ago. Multiple sources report over 80 soldiers were taken prisoner, the camp was abandoned, and its weaponry removed.
19 September 2026 · The Standard →
A Timbuktu Institute study found that generative AI is increasingly being used to "amplify and accelerate" existing faultlines in Mali's security crisis, with conflict factions mastering the technology to varying degrees and the country serving as an "open-air laboratory" for AI's use in warfare.
10 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Nigerian security forces rescued more than 300 kidnapping victims, including 163 from the village of Woro in Kwara state and 145 from Niger State, according to a presidential announcement. Kidnapping by criminal groups, jihadists and gangs has become a major crisis in Nigeria, particularly in areas with limited state presence in the north and centre.
6 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Jihadists and separatist Tuareg rebels launched coordinated attacks across Mali on Saturday, striking multiple northern and central towns and a prison near the capital. The attacks came two months after a similar operation in which the country's defence minister was killed.
4 July 2026 · The Standard →
Nigeria's defence minister said the country is expanding military cooperation with Benin and Niger to counter jihadist groups from the Sahel region encroaching on Nigeria's northwest, including groups like JNIM attempting to infiltrate through Benin into Nigeria.
3 July 2026 · The Standard →
Suspected jihadists killed at least 25 people in coordinated attacks on five villages in central Mali's Bandiagara region Thursday, with many wounded, villages torched, and cattle stolen. The targeted villages had refused to sign local agreements with the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM).
22 May 2026 · The Standard →
Two strikes claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) killed more than 30 people in villages in central Mali on Wednesday, according to security and administrative sources. The assaults were reportedly in retaliation for acts by the Dan Nan Ambassagou militia, a self-defence group that authorities have accused of a massacre.
8 May 2026 · The Standard →
Mali's army and Russian mercenary allies surrendered the Tessalit military base, a strategic northern stronghold, to Tuareg separatists and jihadist rebels on Friday. The assault is part of a coordinated campaign by the FLA separatist group and the jihadist JNIM to bring down the junta that has ruled Mali since 2020.
2 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Mali's army and Russian mercenary allies surrendered the strategic Tessalit military base in the north to armed rebels on Friday. The Tuareg-dominated FLA and Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM groups continue a unified assault on the junta following large-scale attacks last weekend that killed Mali's defence minister and took the town of Kidal.
2 May 2026 · The Standard →
Jihadists allied with Tuareg separatists have seized the northern town of Kidal after coordinated attacks on strategic junta positions. Two days of fierce fighting have killed Defence Minister Sadio Camara and raised questions about the future of the military junta running Mali.
28 April 2026 · The Standard →
The army in junta-ruled Mali on Saturday battled "terrorist groups" it said had launched attacks across the country, with fighting reported in the capital Bamako and other key cities including Gao, Kidal and Sevare. Mali has faced more than a decade of jihadist conflict and security turmoil linked to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State affiliates.
25 April 2026 · The Standard →