Islamic militants and separatists launch coordinated attacks across Mali, targeting multiple cities, including Bamako, amid escalating violence.

Witnesses report explosions and sustained gunfire near a military base outside the capital, Bamako.

The landlocked West African nation has been ruled by the military since a coup in 2020.

Al-Qaida-linked group JNIM claims responsibility for strikes on airport in capital, Bamako and four other cities

Islamic militants and separatists launch coordinated attacks across Mali, targeting multiple cities, including Bamako, amid escalating violence.

Several cities in Mali were attacked by militants associated with al-Qaeda and separatists in the largest military strikes there in more than a decade.

The situation in Mali remained highly unstable after unprecedented large-scale attacks on several cities, including Bamako, by jihadists from Nusrat al-Islam (GSIM, affiliated…