On April 25, a series of coordinated attacks shook military sites and cities across Mali, claiming the life of Defense Minister Sadio Camara, who had been considered a central player in the country’s security relationship with Russian forces. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al Qaeda affiliate that has metastasized across the Sahel for years, and the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), the Tuareg-led separatist movement operating primarily in Mali’s north, claimed responsibility for

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