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Mountaga Tall

Mountaga Tall

Malian lawyer and politician, critic of the ruling junta

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Tuareg rebels and jihadists strike Mali in coordinated offensive, capture Kidal

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Abducted from his Bamako home on May 2, 2026 by two hooded men; whereabouts unknown. Amnesty International has demanded immediate disclosure of his fate.

President Assimi Goïta assumed the defence portfolio on May 4 by presidential decree, 11 days after FLA rebels and JNIM militants struck five Malian cities on April 25, 2026. His predecessor Sadio Camara was killed in a car-bomb assassination a week earlier; Goïta named Army Chief of Staff General Oumar Diarra as minister delegate.

Updated May 31