🚔 How the US should respond to Mali's descent into chaos

Politics

On September 17, the al-Qaida affiliate Jama‘at Nusrat al-Islam wa-l-Muslimin (the Group for Supporting Islam and Muslims, or JNIM) humiliated Mali’s military-run government by attacking a police training school in the capital Bamako, as well as the country’s national airport. The death toll remains unclear, as the country’s authorities seem to be deliberately refusing to give a specific number, but it appears that at least 77 people were killed. This attack is the clearest demonstration yet of the junta’s failure, after four years in power, to make good on its promise of securing the country.Although who could secure Mali? The Malian state, both under civilian presidents of the past and now under military authorities, has been skeletal.

responsiblestatecraft.org     Sep 23, 2024