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How did a $50m hostage payment help transform al Qaeda-linked JNIM’s war in Mali?
A United Nations report says most of a roughly $50 million hostage ransom paid in 2025 was redistributed to al Qaeda-linked JNIM fighters across the Sahel and helped finance their 2026 offensive in Mali, while part of the money ultimately reached al Qaeda networks in Yemen and its core leadership.
Mali insurgents attack army positions nationwide as JNIM and FLA test junta’s security grip
Coordinated attacks across northern, central and southern Mali have reopened questions about territorial control, Russian military support and the ability of Assimi Goita’s government to contain an expanding insurgency.