JNIM’s choice of military targets during the attack last month was specific, Nasr said, making clear that the group had chosen to concentrate attacks in urban areas against Mali’s government ...

On Sept. 17, militants of the al-Qaida-linked JNIM insurgency in Mali launched simultaneous attacks targeting a gendarmerie school in Bamako, the capital, and a military camp at the international ...

According to a 2021 study, the Lakurawa group was initially invited by local leaders in Gudu and Tangaza LGAs of Sokoto State ...

In June 2024, fighters from the Katiba Serma sub-group of Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) redoubled their efforts to cut off the town of Boni, in the Mopti region of central Mali.

Before Tuesday, the city had largely avoided the Islamist insurgency that has wracked Mali for more than a decade. JNIM is considered to be one of the most active militant groups in the wider ...

told The Associated Press that Mali’s government perceives Fulanis as generally working with jihadis and believes that the JNIM has infiltrated the capital with their help. Lyammouri said that ...

Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, JNIM in Arabic Sources: Acled as of September 13, 2024 (latest available data), local officials for the September 17 attack Attack on a military airport ...

BAMAKO, Mali — (AP) — Mali troops subdued the Islamic militants who attacked a military training camp and the airport in Mali’s capital Tuesday after gunbattles that killed some soldiers ...

Mali's army chief of staff Oumar Diarra (centre ... interspersed with explosions broke out at around 5:00 am (0500 GMT). JNIM said on its communication channels that a "special operation" targeted ...

It followed a catastrophic assault by Tuareg rebels, who have long been pushing for their own state in northern Mali, and JNIM militants on Wagner and Malian troops in July. Western and Malian ...