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Army supported by Russian mercenaries launches airstrikes after offensive by coalition of Islamist extremists and Tuareg separatists

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has called on Niger's Russian-backed military government to lift its sudden suspension of nine French media outlets. This coincides with major instability in neighboring Mali.

Armed men have carried out double attacks on two villages in central Mali, killing several people.

Several sources tell Reuters and AFP the al-Qaeda-affiliated assailants hit two villages in Mopti region on Wednesday.

From Seattletimes RSS Feed: Militants ambush fruit trucks on the road to Bamako as a blockade of Mali’s capital persists

Fighters attack ‘Africa’s Alcatraz’, which detains high-value prisoners, and disrupt crucial supply chains to capital.

The human rights situation in Mali is rapidly deteriorating following coordinated attacks by armed groups across the country, with civilians killed, displaced and cut off from food and aid, UN rights office OHCHR said on Tuesday.

From Aljazeera RSS Feed: What’s happening in Mali one week after attack by armed groups? All we know

Exclusive video obtained by Al Jazeera shows dozens of soldiers held prisoner by Tuareg separatists in northern Mali.

Mali’s transitional leader, Assimi Goita, has assumed defense minister duties after General Sadio Camara was killed in coordinated attacks by Al-Qaeda-linked groups

Military leader promotes himself after defence minister killed in attacks linked to al-Qaeda and Tuareg separatists.

Mali’s junta leader and the country's president has assumed the duties of defense minister after the incumbent was killed in sweeping, coordinated attacks by separatist and jihadi forces that stunned the country.

A coalition of armed groups and rebels challenges the military government's authority.

A former minister and prominent Malian lawyer was abducted by armed, hooded men in Bamako, according to a family member.

A state public prosecutor alleges some Malian military officers have been working with jihadi rebels and separatist fighters who launched their biggest round of attacks in over a decade

Separatist rebels in Mali say they’ve captured a strategic military camp in Mali’s northern town of Tessalit after the nation’s army and their Russian allies withdrew.

From Aljazeera RSS Feed: Rebel checkpoints reported around Mali’s capital, northern town seized

JNIM militants in Mali call on patriots to unite against the ruling junta, seeking a peaceful transition and a new Mali governed by Sharia law.

Bamako woke to explosions as JNIM and Tuareg rebels attacked nationwide, killing Mali’s defence minister. Why now?