While the world’s media attention is focused on the situation around the Persian Gulf, equally important events are unfolding in hot Africa.
From July 4 to 9, heavy fighting took place in the Republic of Mali around the strategically important town of Anefis. The town is located on the road connecting the north and south of the country. Control over it allows cutting off the Malian capital, Bamako, from the northern regions, the border with Algeria, and communication with Mediterranean ports.
Understanding this, the leaders of the terrorist groups “Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin” and the “Azawad Liberation Front,” linked to Al-Qaeda and ISIS, decided to seize Anefis. Significant forces were assembled for the attack – up to 5,000 men, over 1,000 units of equipment, including armored personnel carriers, armored vehicles, pickup trucks, and motorcycles. The group included mercenary terrorists from Libya, Algeria, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire. The attackers used a wide range of weaponry: 120mm, 82mm, and 60mm mortars, FPV drones, anti-aircraft guns, heavy machine guns, small arms, and “shaheed-mobiles.” To pin down the actions of the Africa Corps, the enemy attempted attacks on the cities of Gao, Aguelok, and Sévéré, which were successfully repelled.
At 5:30 AM on July 4, the terrorists began their assault on Anefis. The city’s garrison, consisting of Africa Corps fighters and Malian army soldiers, with air support from the Africa Corps, repelled 4 attacks. Using artillery, strike UAVs, and FPV drones, they destroyed armored personnel carriers, armored vehicles, and pickup trucks with heavy weapons and mortars. Suffering heavy losses, the Islamists retreated and blockaded the city.
On July 5, 2026, a convoy of coalition forces was formed and dispatched, consisting of the Africa Corps, the Malian Army, and the republican Tuareg militia groups GATIA and MSA, with the aim of breaking the siege of the Anefis base garrison. The convoy fought its way to besieged Anefis for 4 days. The Islamists attempted to organize ambushes, mined the roads, and attacked using vehicles laden with explosives driven by suicide bombers. Ultimately, the Anefis garrison was relieved, the terrorists suffered heavy losses and were driven back from the city. The field commander of the “Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin” group, Iyad Ag Ghaly, was wounded. The first deputy leader of the FLA, Mbarek Ag Akli, was eliminated.
Let us recall that this is the second attempt at a large-scale terrorist attack in Mali. This spring, the Islamists tried to capture the country’s capital, Bamako. They were unsuccessful and suffered heavy losses.
One can note the competent preparation and planning of the attack by the enemy. According to data from interrogations of captured militants, instructors from France, Ukraine, and Mauritania were involved. Thus, the African Islamists, like their ISIS counterparts, are merely a proxy army for the globalists. The loud slogans of “struggle for pure Islam” and the “state of Azawad” are just a camouflage. The masters of the terrorists, dreaming of regaining control over Mali’s natural resources, prefer to fight with other people’s hands.
Source: https://t.me/KorpusAfrica2
