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Iyad Ag Ghali

Iyad Ag Ghali

Founder and emir of JNIM

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

Force in Play

Underground; directs JNIM's strategic decisions

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