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Abdoulaye Maiga

Abdoulaye Maiga

Prime Minister of Mali

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Tuareg rebels and jihadists strike Mali in coordinated offensive, capture Kidal

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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