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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] │

│ │

│ 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. │

│ │

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

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

│ i-drc-m23 │

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│ Niger: airport attack claimed by JNIM, │

│ authorities accuse France │

│ medium - France 24 - tilt/independent [NER] │

│ │

│ JNIM claimed a June 18 attack on Niamey's │

│ airport / 101st air base, the second on the │

│ capital in 2026 - a sustained jihadist │

│ threat. Niger social_cohesion held at -7. │

│ The junta's France-sponsorship claim is │

│ excluded as unevidenced state framing. │

│ │

│ https://www.france24.com/fr/emissions/journ │

│ al-de-l-afrique/20260619-niger-l-attaque-su │

│ r-l-aeroport-revendique-par-le-jnim-les-aut │

│ orites-accusent-la-france │

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│ Niger says soldiers, civilians killed in │

│ armed attack on Niamey airport │

│ medium - Al Jazeera - tilt/independent │

│ [NER] │

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│ Gunmen attacked Niamey's Diori Hamani │

│ International Airport at dawn on June 18, │

│ killing at least 11 soldiers and two │

│ civilians per the junta's defense ministry, │

│ with 22 attackers killed and about 20 │

│ detained; the al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM │

│ later claimed responsibility for the second │

│ attack on the strategic airport this year. │

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│ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/18/ni │

│ ger-says-soldiers-civilians-killed-in-armed │

│ -attack-on-niamey-airport │

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