Insurgents attacked several towns in northern, central and southern Mali on Saturday, targeting army bases and a prison near the capital, Bamako.
The assaults involved the Tuareg separatist group FLA, which seeks an independent Azawad state in northern Mali and JNIM, which aims to impose strict Islamic rule.
The violence, along with attacks in April, reveals the huge security problem facing Mali’s military leaders, who staged coups in 2020 and 2021 promising to end what is now a more than decade-long uprising.
What do we know?
The army said attacks took place in Gao, a major city in the northeast, Aguelhoc and Anefis in the remote, far-north Kidal region and Sevare, a central town with a big army base.
