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Are Mali’s Tuareg-led FLA fighters terrorists or separatists? A Tuareg-led separatist group in Mali has insists it is not a “terrorist” organisation despite carrying out coordinated attacks with al-Qaeda-linked fighters that hit military targets and killed the country’s defence minister last month. The group, known as the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), was formed in December 2024 and is seeking independence for northern Mali.
Mali: Goïta speaks as fractures appear within the junta Three days after the FLA and JNIM offensive, which claimed the life of defence minister General Sadio Camara, Assimi Goïta broke his silence on 28 April. But the crisis has already laid bare the divisions within the military regime.
Comme d’autres opposants ou certains militaires, l’avocat Mountaga Tall, rare voix critique à se faire entendre au Mali, a également été enlevé. Les autorités maliennes affirment que les attaques du 25 avril menées par le Jnim et le FLA ont bénéficié de complicités au sein de l’armée et de la classe politique.
Après l’offensive du FLA et du Jnim au Mali, le médiateur de la Cedeao, Lansana Kouyaté, a rencontré Alassane Ouattara à Abidjan. Entre volonté d’apaisement et contentieux persistants avec les juntes de l’AES, la diplomatie ivoirienne avance sur un fil.
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As strategic towns fall and the defence minister’s home is destroyed, an unprecedented pact between the FLA and Jnim signals a dangerous new chapter for President Assimi Goïta.
The fall of Kidal to the FLA and the death of the nation’s defence chief Sadio Camara mark a catastrophic shift in the conflict, leaving Bamako’s military rulers isolated and under siege.