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News & Current Events Apr 25, 2026 at 9:44 AM

Mali army says armed groups launch nationwide attacks; gunfire near airport

Posted by mdchaara

Gunmen stage simultaneous attacks across Mali, army says
Al Jazeera
Gunmen stage simultaneous attacks across Mali, army says
Capital Bamako and several other locations hit in an apparently coordinated ⁠assault involving multiple groups.
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manefa Apr 25, 2026 +28
I’m sure Russia has bountiful resources to protect its new ally
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matthieuC Apr 25, 2026 +16
Russian troops are more skilled at killing civilians
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Pineappleman60 Apr 25, 2026 +1
That's what Mali's government liked about them in the first place
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67sixtyseventimes Apr 25, 2026 +11
Heartbreaking to see the airport closed and humanitarian planes damaged. This kind of instability only makes it harder for aid to reach the millions of Malians who are already facing a severe food crisis.
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DancingDonkeyHehe Apr 25, 2026 +12
I am sure all the news media will plaster this all over the front page and free malians protests will be organized
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frddtwabrm04 Apr 25, 2026 +1
You know for media to cover shit there's gotta be a spark....you the spark or just the dude playing another dude disguised as another dude!
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Comfortable_Cash_140 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Not true at all. The big media is mostly owned by a hand full of people / companies. There is definitely a lot of wagging the dog going on! To start a grass roots movement of interest, or to make things go viral on social media...be the spark!
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ontrack Apr 25, 2026 +7
Looks almost like a 21st century version of the Tet Offensive
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Jazzlike-Equipment45 Apr 25, 2026 +7
JNIM forces are in the capital, guess Mali might fall to Al Qaeda which is somthing. Not good of course but damn.
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Photo-70 Apr 25, 2026 +6
Wagner will have its hands full with this one...
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Stunning-Astronaut72 Apr 25, 2026 +9
I cannot crack a teardrop on that one...they were asking for that to happen
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Secure_Ant1085 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Very sad how much instability the country has
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Meilingcrusader Apr 25, 2026 +1
Its astonishing that at a time when islamic terrorism has been reduced to a shell of itself in the middle east, it's basically on the verge of taking over entire countries in the Sahel. And these juntas have built way too much legitimacy on anti "colonial" nonsense to ask for help like saved the country with Operation Serval.
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An0nym0usWanderer Apr 25, 2026 +1
That's what they wanted after all. F*** 'em. Let them figure their own shit by themselves like they wanted.
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No-Space937 Apr 25, 2026 +6
Kick out the western French colonizers for their pursuit of economic imperialism based on unfair resource extraction set up by the previous and naturally corrupt government. Proceed to invite the f****** Russian Afrika Corps to take their place for security, but unfortunetely they are only good at removing gold from countries, not Islamist militants. Shabloimps, oh well, everyone in charge has got their bag, just a question of how much the max takeoff weight of their plane is, and how quickly that airport gets surrounded.
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warenbe Apr 25, 2026 +1
Amen.
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outofgulag Apr 25, 2026 +1
The news is that the Russian goverment of Mali is under attack.
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DancingDonkeyHehe Apr 25, 2026 +1
Alright boys who are we supposed to root for in this one?
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Age-Checker Apr 25, 2026 +7
Probably not AQ, if only because the fall of Mali and the creation of another terrorist state would be terrible for everybody involved
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Caesarea_G Apr 25, 2026 +1
The "government" is a military junta that took power in a nationalist coup, kicked out France, and immediately proceeded to sell out to Russia. They're not well-liked by anyone, but the AU (and the West) tolerates them, if only to stop JNIM. The FLA are bog-standard moderate rebels fighting for Azawad. They're not Islamist, but they don't mind working with JNIM either. On the other hand, though, they're rumored to have been backed by Ukraine, and are certainly effective at fighting the Russians and the junta, so... JNIM is literal AQ. Unlike HTS, there's no signs of them ever having moderated, and they're as transnational jihadist as they go. So unless FLA is really going to step up their game and part ways (unlikely, IMO), we might be seeing significant territorial control (including several major cities already) by jihadists again, which would be absolutely awful for not only Mali, but for the region and its many small states who are vulnerable to insecurity.
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Few_Pass2563 Apr 25, 2026 +1
lol Europe is gonna see a huge migration wave
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Majomember420 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Very funny really that poor souls try to escape from war.
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Severe_Science9309 Apr 25, 2026 +1
more like Europe chose to do nothing and sit on it ass while seeing Jihadist swarm the entire region
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