{"id":20996,"date":"2026-04-30T18:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=20996"},"modified":"2026-04-30T18:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:57:06","slug":"how-rebels-teamed-up-to-shake-mali-and-the-kremlins-grip-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=20996","title":{"rendered":"How rebels teamed up to shake Mali and the Kremlin\u2019s grip | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Bamako woke to explosions as JNIM and Tuareg rebels attacked nationwide, killing Mali\u2019s defence minister. Why now?<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Explosions rocked Mali\u2019s capital on April 25 as rebels carried out coordinated attacks across the country. Mali\u2019s defence minister was killed along with his wife and children when an attacker struck their home. With Bamako under siege and the military leadership briefly disappearing from view, who is really behind the violence in Mali?<\/p>\n<p><strong>In this episode:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beverly Ochieng, Senior Analyst, Control Risks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Episode credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolom\u00e9 and Sar\u00ed el-Khalili with Spencer Cline, Tuleen Barakat, and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Tamara Khandaker.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is <\/em>The Take\u2019s<em> executive producer.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 30 Apr 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">30 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share dark-view\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__divider\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share-nodes icon--primary icon--24 \" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share-nodes<\/title><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M17 22a2.9 2.9 0 0 1-2.125-.875A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 14 19q0-.15.075-.7L7.05 14.2A2.97 2.97 0 0 1 5 15a2.9 2.9 0 0 1-2.125-.875A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 2 12q0-1.25.875-2.125A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 5 9a2.97 2.97 0 0 1 2.05.8l7.025-4.1a1.7 1.7 0 0 1-.062-.338A5 5 0 0 1 14 5q0-1.25.875-2.125A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 17 2q1.25 0 2.125.875T20 5t-.875 2.125A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 17 8a2.97 2.97 0 0 1-2.05-.8l-7.025 4.1q.05.176.063.337Q8 11.801 8 12q0 .2-.013.363t-.062.337l7.025 4.1A2.97 2.97 0 0 1 17 16q1.25 0 2.125.875T20 19t-.875 2.125A2.9 2.9 0 0 1 17 22\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"google-preferred-source\"><button class=\"google-preferred-source__button\" aria-label=\"Add Al Jazeera on Google\" data-testid=\"google-preferred-source-button\"><svg class=\"icon icon--google icon--primary icon--16 google-preferred-source__google-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>google<\/title><g><path fill=\"#fbbb00\" d=\"m6.99 13.878-.627 2.339-2.29.048A8.96 8.96 0 0 1 3 12c0-1.492.363-2.9 1.006-4.14l2.04.375.893 2.026A5.4 5.4 0 0 0 6.649 12c0 .66.12 1.293.34 1.877\"\/><path fill=\"#518ef8\" d=\"M20.843 10.318Q21 11.137 21 12q-.001.968-.197 1.879a9 9 0 0 1-3.168 5.14v-.001l-2.569-.131-.363-2.27a5.36 5.36 0 0 0 2.308-2.738h-4.813v-3.56h8.645\"\/><path fill=\"#28b446\" d=\"M17.634 19.018A8.96 8.96 0 0 1 12 21a9 9 0 0 1-7.928-4.735l2.917-2.387a5.35 5.35 0 0 0 7.713 2.74z\"\/><path fill=\"#f14336\" d=\"M17.744 5.072 14.83 7.459a5.353 5.353 0 0 0-7.89 2.802l-2.933-2.4A9 9 0 0 1 11.999 3c2.184 0 4.187.778 5.745 2.072\"\/><\/g><\/svg><span class=\"google-preferred-source__text\">Add Al Jazeera on Google<\/span><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"See more of Al Jazeera\u2019s trusted journalism by adding us as a preferred source on Google.\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--white icon--16 google-preferred-source__info-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bamako woke to explosions as JNIM and Tuareg rebels attacked nationwide, killing Mali\u2019s defence minister. Why now? Explosions rocked Mali\u2019s capital on April 25 as rebels carried out coordinated attacks across the country. Mali\u2019s defence minister was killed along with his wife and children when an attacker struck their home. With Bamako under siege and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}