Mali on Tuesday woke up to a terror attack claimed by al-Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM). The group targeted the airport and a gendarmerie training school in Bamako, releasing video showing them setting fire to a plane.
Mali’s army chief of staff Oumar Diarra announced the situation was under control. All was quiet by mid afternoon – with citizens going about their business. Some of the attackers were eliminated, others arrested. Mali’s side also reportedly suffered casualties
The attack on Bamako comes as a shock as the capital has been spared much of the violence that has engulfed other parts of the country and the wider Sahel region. Starting 2012, rebels who had been armed and funded by NATO to overthrow Libya’s Gaddafi, began trickling south to the Sahel, which soon became the global epicentre of terrorism. Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 47% of global terrorism deaths in 2023, more than South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa combined.
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thankfully Mali has all Malians citizens intrests in hand. I’m very happy these u.s regiem u.k regiem and french regiem funded and armed criminal terrorist alqueda puppets were treated as all nato forces should be treated, eliminated at once. Her people, all Mailains, can go about their business in peace! ✊🏾