Gen Sadio Camara yishwe i Kati: Mali yongeye guterwa n’imitwe y’inyeshyamba

Gen Sadio Camara yishwe i Kati: Mali yongeye guterwa n’imitwe y’inyeshyamba

Aljazeera yatangaje ku wa 26 Mata 2026 ko Minisitiri w’Ingabo wa Mali, Gen Sadio Camara, yiciwe mu bitero by’imitwe yitwaje intwaro byagabwe ku rugo rwe mu Mujyi wa Kati. Kuva ku wa Gatandatu, urugo rwe rwari rumaze kugabwaho ibitero inshuro nyinshi n’abarwanyi ba al Qaeda n’aba Tuareg. Camara yari umwe mu basirikare bakomeye bagize uruhare mu guhirika ubutegetsi bwa Perezida Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta muri coup d’état za 2020 na 2021.

Ku Cyumweru humvikanye urusaku rw’amasasu mu Mujyi wa Kidal no mu tundi duce tw’amajyaruguru na hagati ya Mali. Abarwanyi b’umutwe wa Azawad Liberation Front (ALF), ushaka ko ubwoko bw’Abatuareg bwigenga, bibasiye imijyi yo mu majyaruguru, mu gihe umutwe wa kiyisilamu Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)wagabye ibitero ahandi hose mu gihugu.

Ibitero byagabwe no mu gace Perezida Assimi Goita atuyemo, ariko ahita ahungishirizwa ahantu hatekanye ndetse akomeza kuyobora urugamba. Ingabo za Mali zatangaje ko ziri mu bikorwa byo kurwanya aba bitwaje intwaro no gusubiza umutekano mu bice byibasiwe.

Kuva ubutegetsi bwa gisirikare bufashe ubutegetsi muri Mali mu 2020, igihugu kimaze gutandukana n’Abafaransa n’umuryango wa ECOWAS, maze gikomeza ubufatanye bwa gisirikare n’u Burusiya binyuze mu itsinda rya Wagner. Ibi byongereye amakimbirane n’imitwe y’inyeshyamba ikorera muri Sahel, cyane cyane JNIM ifite aho ihurira na al Qaeda.

Umutwe wa ALF usanzwe ukorana n’indi mitwe y’aba Tuareg isaba ubwigenge bw’akarere ka Azawad mu majyaruguru. Mu myaka ishize hashyizweho amasezerano y’amahoro ya 2015, ariko kuva 2023 yarasenyutse nyuma y’uko ubutegetsi bwa gisirikare bwo muri Mali bwatangiye ibikorwa byo gufata imijyi yari ibarizwamo aba Tuareg.

Abasesenguzi bavuga ko urupfu rwa Gen Camara rushobora guhungabanya imiyoborere y’ingabo za Mali, kuko yari umwe mu bayobozi b’ingenzi b’ubutegetsi bwa gisirikare. Banagaragaza ko hashobora kubaho ibindi bitero bigamije kugenzura ibice bitandukanye by’igihugu, ibyo bikaba byongera ubuhungiro bw’abaturage ndetse bikadindiza imishinga yo gusubiza demokarasi muri Mali.

In English

Gen Sadio Camara killed in Kati: Mali again attacked by rebel groups

Al Jazeera reported on April 26, 2026, that Mali's Defense Minister, Gen Sadio Camara, was killed in an attack by armed groups on his home in the city of Kati. Since Saturday, his home had been repeatedly attacked by al Qaeda and Tuareg fighters. Camara was one of the senior military figures involved in the 2020 and 2021 coups that toppled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.

Gunfire was heard in the city of Kidal and other parts of northern and central Mali on Sunday. Fighters from the Azawad Liberation Front (ALF), which seeks independence for the Tuareg ethnic group, attacked towns in the north, while the Islamist group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) carried out attacks elsewhere in the country.

The attacks also targeted President Assimi Goita's residence, but he was quickly evacuated to a safe location and continues to lead the fight. The Malian army said it was conducting operations to combat the armed groups and restore security in the affected areas.

Since a military junta took power in Mali in 2020, the country has broken with France and the ECOWAS bloc and has continued its military cooperation with Russia through the Wagner Group. This has increased tensions with rebel groups operating in the Sahel, particularly the al-Qaeda-linked JNIM.

The ALF, which is allied with other Tuareg groups seeking independence for the northern region of Azawad, has been fighting for years, with a 2015 peace deal in place, but it collapsed in 2023 after the Malian military government began seizing towns and villages inhabited by Tuaregs.

Analysts say the death of Gen Camara could destabilize the Malian military, as he was one of the key leaders of the military regime. They also point out that there could be further attacks aimed at controlling different parts of the country, which would increase the displacement of the population and delay projects to restore democracy in Mali.