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Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin
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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 five locations as rebels test army and Russian forces
Insurgents struck five locations across Mali, testing army and Russian positions while exposing a security crisis stretching toward Bamako.