Five Malian garrison towns — Kati, Bamako, Sevare, Gao and Kidal — were targeted simultaneously over the weekend . The Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists of the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) in coordination with the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), mainly composed of Tuareg rebel independence movements, claimed responsibility. Nina Wilen, director for the Africa Programme at Egmont Institute for International Relations, told DW the events are "unprecedented in Mali's history" and

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