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| Mali: Armed Group Attacks in the Sahel, August, 2026 |
| 2026-09-23 |
Translated Text: AUGUST 2026 BALANCE – Armed Group Attacks in the Sahel 🇲🇱🇳🇪🇧🇫 🔷Despite the reassuring communication from Malian President 🇲🇱 Goïta on the occasion of the country's 66th anniversary of independence, Mali has indisputably become the epicenter of terrorist attacks in the Sahel in recent weeks. 🔹While the FLA is in a phase of strategic withdrawal within its controlled territories around Kidal, the JNIM has multiplied critical attacks against the FAMa and their Africa Corps 🇷🇺 auxiliaries, with the Dioura attack (at least 150 FAMa neutralized) as the peak. ⚠️ In Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, the JNIM has launched an impressive number of offensives, but with less devastating human tolls than in Mali. Niger 🇳🇪 is the country most "spared" quantitatively in August, but the security situation remains extremely critical with the horrific Tessa attack on 08/21 (20 FAN killed) and the pseudo coup d'état in Niamey. VERIFIED STATISTICAL BALANCE ➡️Burkina Faso 🇧🇫: - 29 attacks claimed by the JNIM ➡️Mali 🇲🇱 - 19 attacks claimed by the JNIM - 1 attack claimed by the FLA ➡️Niger 🇳🇪 - 2 attacks claimed by the JNIM - 2 attacks attributed to the EIS - 1 attack claimed by the MPLJ ℹ️ All these attacks are listed and mapped daily on our site: |
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