Mali Is F*cked

Mali faces a devastating multi-front insurgency that threatens to collapse the state entirely. Al-Qaeda-affiliated JNIM and Tuareg separatists control swathes of the north, while the Russia-backed junta suffers catastrophic losses. With soldiers growing disillusioned and regional allies overwhelmed, the coming months will determine whether Mali survives, splits, or falls completely. Sources https://adf-magazine.com/2025/11/could-jnim-eventually-control-burkina-faso/ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/more-than-50-members-nigers-security-forces-killed-attacks-sources-say-2026-09-28/ https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ethiopia-tigray-tplf-fano-china-prc-djibouti-jnim-mali-sudan-saf-rsf-somalia-aussom https://x.com/EyeThink_/status/2104896974130721102 https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/violent-extremism-sahel https://issafrica.org/iss-today/jnim-s-blockade-tactics-threaten-west-africa-s-trade-corridors https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/22/mali-marks-independence-amid-a-worsening-security-crisis https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/fall-of-northern-mali-jnim-fla-offensive-russia-issp-camara https://newsletter.insightthreatintel.com/p/jnims-50-million-windfall https://x.com/BrantPhilip_/status/2091630926769856653 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/timeline-how-mali-went-from-democracy-beacon-to-instability https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2022?cmplz-force-reload=1791457356279 https://www.africanews.com/amp/2026/08/15/un-says-50-million-ransom-fueled-al-qaeda-offensive-in-mali/ https://archive.is/zt1PE https://allafrica.com/stories/202604280333.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/12/mali-soldiers-arrested-over-coup-allegations-what-we-know https://www.hudson.org/mali-next-afghanistan-syria-or-somalia-comparing-jnim-its-jihadist-peers-liam-karr https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/12/8/taking-syria-the-oppositions-battles-shown-in-11-maps-for-11-days https://syrianobserver.com/syrian-actors/he-toured-the-umayyad-mosque-in-damascus-julani-our-victory-is-historic.html https://fronts.co/article/malis-conflict-is-nearing-crisis-point-heres-what-comes-next/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj7z92xw9no https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260704-mali-hit-by-new-wave-of-coordinated-attacks https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/6/tuareg-rebels-withdraw-from-strategic-town-of-kidal-in-northern-mali