Mali’s security crisis has worsened since rival armed groups have allied and launched coordinated attacks across the country.
Al-Qaeda-linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has claimed responsibility for attacks by gunmen that began on Saturday. They were carried out in Kati near Bamako as well as the capital’s airport and other locations farther north, including Kidal, Mopti, Sevare and Gao. Tuareg rebels claimed participation in the assaults.
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Defence Minister Sadio Camara was killed in the attacks.
The attacks have exposed security vulnerabilities in the country, which once was a beacon of democracy in the region but has been reeling from political and security crises since 2012.
Here’s a timeline of how the security situation has…
