Mali's Most Wanted: Profile of Insurgent Leader Iyad Ag Ghali
Articles profile Iyad Ag Ghali, identified as Mali's most wanted man and a significant insurgent leader. They discuss the growing influence of insurgents, who are capable of challenging the country's weakened regime.
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Taking power in Mali might be a stretch but insurgents can force hand of weakened regime
Coordinated attack by JNIM and the Tuareg minority inflicted significant casualties on government forces and Russian auxiliaries When al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic militants launched a series of attacks on military bases and raids into major towns in Mali and neighbouring Burkina Faso last summer, observers suggested they had been inspired by their counterparts in Syria, who had overthrown the regime of Bashar al-Assad and taken power six months or so earlier. Despite the tactical successes tha...
By Jason Burke International security correspondent
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An alliance of al-Qaeda-linked jihadists and Tuareg separatists has carried out the largest coordinated attack in over a decade in Mali. The al-Qaeda-linked JNIM group — Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin — has expanded in recent years. Its leader, Iyad Ag Ghali, is the most wanted man in Mali. The French military, Malian authorities, and Russian mercenaries have all sought, in vain, to capture him.
By FRANCE24
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