Gunshots and explosions rang out in the Malian capital Bamako on Tuesday, September 17, an AFP correspondent reported. “Armed men, not yet formally identified, attacked at least one gendarmerie camp in Bamako this morning”A gendarmerie official said on condition of anonymity. The gunfire, interspersed with explosions, began at around 5 a.m., AFP reported. A column of black smoke rose at dawn from an area near the airport.
Mali, a poor and landlocked country facing the spread of jihadism and a deep multidimensional crisis since 2012, has been the scene of two coups d’état, in August 2020 and May 2021. Since then, it has been ruled by a junta headed by Colonel Assimi Goïta. Its neighbours Burkina Faso and Niger then also saw soldiers take power by force. Mali continues to be the victim of attacks, although the capital has so far been preserved.
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