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│ Another JNIM Offensive Across Mali; SAF │

│ Advances; New CAR Rebellion: Africa File, │

│ July 9, 2026 │

│ medium - Critical Threats - │

│ unknown/independent [MLI,NER,BFA] │

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│ JNIM and the Tuareg-led FLA besieged the │

│ Malian army/Africa Corps garrison at Anefis │

│ (Kidal) for six days (July 4-9), part of │

│ coordinated attacks across │

│ Mali/Niger/Burkina Faso. Mali and Burkina │

│ Faso conflict held at -8; the junta's '100+ │

│ militants killed' claim is excluded state │

│ framing. │

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│ https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/jn │

│ im-fla-mali-sudan-rsf-saf-car-russia-burund │

│ i-drc-m23 │

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