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Rebels seize Tessalit, trigger Russian pullout, crisis after minister’s death.

5/4/2026

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Rebels from CSP/Azawad and JNIM captured Tessalit, forcing troops and Russia’s Africa Corps to withdraw and widening a corridor deepening President Assimi Goïta’s crisis.
A Bamako Court prosecutor named officer Oumar Mariko after arresting soldiers who aided the assault that killed Defense Minister Sadio Camara.
The claim after 800 fuel trucks entered came as militants attacked a centre in Gao and occupied a school in Mopti where IED was found.

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Story summary

Rebels from CSP/Azawad and JNIM captured Tessalit, forcing troops and Russia’s Africa Corps to withdraw and widening a corridor deepening President Assimi Goïta’s crisis.
A Bamako Court prosecutor named officer Oumar Mariko after arresting soldiers who aided the assault that killed Defense Minister Sadio Camara.
The claim after 800 fuel trucks entered came as militants attacked a centre in Gao and occupied a school in Mopti where IED was found.