{"id":1386499,"date":"2026-04-25T16:35:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/in-mali-militant-groups-have-begun-massive-attacks-on-military-bases-all-the-details-of-the-events\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:35:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:35:05","slug":"in-mali-militant-groups-have-begun-massive-attacks-on-military-bases-all-the-details-of-the-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/in-mali-militant-groups-have-begun-massive-attacks-on-military-bases-all-the-details-of-the-events\/","title":{"rendered":"In Mali, militant groups have begun massive attacks on military bases: all the details of the events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In Mali, armed groups carried out a series of coordinated attacks in the capital Bamako and other cities on April 25. The military reported fighting with the militants, indicating a sharp escalation in the security situation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/25\/mali-army-says-armed-groups-launch-nationwide-attacks-gunfire-near-airport\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Al Jazeera<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> The army said the attacks targeted military installations in Bamako and other areas of the country. The military said it was fighting &#8220;terrorist groups&#8221; who had attacked barracks and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p> Two explosions were heard near the main military base of Kati near the capital shortly before 06:00, followed by intense gunfire. Similar incidents were reported simultaneously in Sevare, Kidal and the city of Gao.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Shooting everywhere,&#8221; a witness said.<\/p>\n<p> An Associated Press journalist in Bamako saw heavy weapons and automatic weapons fire near Modibo Keita International Airport, about 15 km from the city center. A helicopter was also patrolling the area.<\/p>\n<p> Analyst Nicolas Hak said the scale and coordination of the attacks were unprecedented. He said the militants were operating simultaneously in different locations and were targeting military targets.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;This looks like an unprecedented level of coordination,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p> Mali has been in a state of armed instability for over 10 years, linked to the activities of groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, as well as rebellions in the north of the country.<\/p>\n<p> After military coups in 2020 and 2021, the country&#8217;s authorities severed cooperation with France and withdrew foreign military missions. In 2023, Mali, together with Burkina Faso and Niger, created the Alliance of Sahel States to jointly fight armed groups.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Mali, armed groups carried out a series of coordinated attacks in the capital Bamako and other cities on April 25. The military reported fighting with the militants, indicating a sharp escalation in the security situation. This is reported by Al Jazeera . The army said the attacks targeted military installations in Bamako and other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1139501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1386499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1386499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1139501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1386499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1386499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}