JNIM Attacks Across Mali; Biya Faces Challengers in Cameroon: Africa File, July 3, 2025
Jul 3, 2025 - ISW Press
Al Qaeda’s Sahelian affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wa al Muslimeen launched a series of simultaneous attacks across Mali. The operation was a tactical defeat but could have strategic benefits for the group by contradicting the Malian junta’s narrative that the security situation is improving, especially in economically and politically sensitive areas, such as western Mali.