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Spotlight | Libya, Mali
Azawad Liberation Front uses south Libya as back-up base for operations

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Assimi Goïta (right) attending the funeral of Defence Minister Sadio Camara in Bamako, on 30 April 2026.
Assimi Goïta (right) attending the funeral of Defence Minister Sadio Camara in Bamako, on 30 April 2026. © Mali Presidency/handout via Reuters
Assimi Goïta (centre) attending the funeral of Defence Minister Sadio Camara in Bamako, on 30 April 2026.
Assimi Goïta (centre) attending the funeral of Defence Minister Sadio Camara in Bamako, on 30 April 2026. © Mali Presidency/handout via Reuters

The FLA Tuareg rebels have woven a network spanning southern Libya and into Niger in order to guarantee the logistics of their conflict with the Malian army and the Russian paramilitaries Africa Corps.

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