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 with al-Qaida), allied with northern pro-independence groups, on Saturday. The junta's number two, a key figure in the alliance with Russia, was killed.

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

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