SEPARATISTS in northern Mali joined Islamist militants in launching one of the biggest co-ordinated attacks on the Malian army in the capital Bamako and several other cities at the weekend, leaving at least 16 people wounded.For the first time, Tuareg-led separatist organisation the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) said it had operated alongside al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin), which also claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attacks on Bamako’s international airport and four other cities in central and northern Mali.

SEPARATISTS in northern Mali joined Islamist militants in launching one of the biggest co-ordinated attacks on the Malian army in the capital Bamako and several other cities at the weekend, leaving at least 16 people wounded.

For the first time, Tuareg-led separatist organisation the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) said it had operated alongside al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin), which also claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attacks on Bamako’s international airport and four other cities in central and northern Mali.

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