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Could Bamako fall? Mali's capital under threat from al Qaeda-linked insurgents

Africa • Nov 12, 2025, 7:18 PM
1 min de lecture
A string of coups and the pushing out of former colonial power France in favour of Russian support haven't stopped insurgents from going from strength throughout the so-called coup belt from Burkina Faso to Niger. We ask about the blockade on Bamako that's made it perilous for fuel delivery trucks to reach the capital of landlocked Mali, and what it would take to repel the JNIM.