# Mali marks independence amid worsening security crisis

https://mins.news/en/item/68112

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-22 00:02 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/22/mali-marks-independence-amid-a-worsening-security-crisis?traffic_source=rss

> Mali’s 66th independence anniversary comes as armed groups expand their reach and expose the government’s difficulty protecting supply routes into Bamako. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen and the Tuareg-led Azawad Liberation Front have coordinated attacks against state targets, undermining the military government’s effort to consolidate territorial control and revive a peace settlement.