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Islamist leader Ag Ghali and Malian general Gamou explore potential alliance

The leader of the jihadist JNIM group and the retired army general have met to map out a joint plan to fight Islamic State in the Greater Sahara and take advantage of Bamako's weakness. [...]

Published on 10.02.2023 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

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Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) soldiers, near Gourma in Mali.

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Activists of a Tuareg political-military movement in northern Mali in 2020.

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Morocco, Sahel
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Spotlight | Mali
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Mali
Islamist leader Ag Ghali and Malian general Gamou explore potential alliance

Mali
Touareg and rebel groups meet to decide response to constitutional referendum

Mali
Algiers struggles to keep Mali's long-running peace talks alive

Niger
Mohamed Bazoum tries to revive military cooperation with Bamako

Mali
Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop's star fades as his officials stage strikes

Mali
Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

In Focus | Algeria, Mali
Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

Mali
General Harouna Samaké, the army's well-connected new boss

Mali
MINUSMA likely to stay put until next year

Mali
Junta leader Assimi Goïta forced to postpone Mali's constitutional referendum

Spotlight | Mali
Northern Mali: the junta's secret dealings with jihadists and local kingpins

In Focus | Mali, Senegal
From Dakar to Bamako, the grand designs of traditional aristocrats

Morocco, Sahel
Morocco looks to get more involved in Mali via Transition Support Group and the African Union

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Keita struggles with Tuareg jigsaw