Abdoulaye Maiga

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Active; appeared publicly April 28, visiting wounded in Kati and urging calm. Alleged foreign financing behind the attacks.

President Assimi Goïta assumed the defence portfolio on May 4 by presidential decree, 11 days after FLA rebels and JNIM militants struck five Malian cities on April 25, 2026. His predecessor Sadio Camara was killed in a car-bomb assassination a week earlier; Goïta named Army Chief of Staff General Oumar Diarra as minister delegate.

Updated May 31