Forces Armées Maliennes. Under Assimi Goïta’s junta (coups 2020, 2021). Lost the north in Apr 2026 and re-entered Kidal Oct 2026 with Africa Corps air support. Goïta named himself defence minister (4 May 2026) after Sadio Camara was killed.
Leader(s): Gen. Assimi Goïta (head of state & defence minister)
Origin: Mali
Recent (to 21 Oct 2026)
- 1 Aug: ex-PM Moussa Mara released after a one-year sentence over social-media posts (B1, Faytuks News Discord (west-africa-sahel) via @RFI, RFI article quoted in channel, 3 Aug 2026). 6 Aug: Mauritania’s foreign ministry says it is working to free Mauritanian citizens detained inside Mali (C2, Faytuks News Discord (west-africa-sahel), Mauritanian MFA statement quoted in channel, 6 Aug 2026).
Relationships
- Partners with: Africa Corps
- Formerly partnered: Wagner Group
- Fights: JNIM
- Fights: FLA
- Fights: ISSP
- Backs: GATIA
- Backs: MSA
- Backs: Dan Na Ambassagou
- Backs: Dozo militias
- Member of: AES Unified Force
- Member of: AES Confederation
- Repudiated: Algiers Accord (2015)
- Reported trainer: SADAT
Referenced by
- Africa Corps (Partners with)
- Algeria (Hostile to)
- April 2026 FLA-JNIM offensive (Defender)
- Bamako fuel blockade (2025-26) (Targets)
- Battle of Tinzaouaten (Jul 2024) (Defeated)
- Bougouni lithium mine (Guarded by)
- Dan Na Ambassagou (Proxy of)
- Dioura attack (Sep 2026) (Defender)
- Dozo militias (Proxy of)
- FLA (Fights)
- GATIA (Allied with)
- ISSP (Fights)
- Intahaka artisanal gold site (Seized (Feb 2024) and retaken (Oct 2026))
- JNIM (Fights)
- JNIM attacks in Kayes region (Jul 2025) (Defender)
- Kidal artisanal gold zone (Adrar des Ifoghas) (Struck by (Aug 2026))
- Kidal retaken (Oct 2026) (Retaken by)
- Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine (Seized and administered by (2025))
- MSA (Allied with)
- Moura massacre (Mar 2022) (Perpetrator)
- SADAT (Alleged trainer of)
- San camp attack (Aug 2026) (Defender)
- Wagner Group (Contracted by)