This Friday, July 22, 2022, there was a morning attack on the Kati camp in Mali, a high point in Mali’s politico-military history. It can only mean two things. Either a new coup, this time against the junta led by Colonel Assimi Goita, or a terrorist attack on a military base on the outskirts of Bamako.
The first reports confirm the second hypothesis. A complex missile and vehicle bomb attack was aimed at the Soundjata-Keïta camp and provoked a strong response from Malian forces, including two attack helicopters.
This attack, which is attributed to the Support Group for Islam and Muslims, but which did not claim responsibility, comes after several complex and simultaneous attacks by jihadists in the last few hours in several places north of Bamako (Douentza, Koro, Thy, Bapho, Ségou, Kolokani), as announced by the Malian General Staff:
This Friday morning’s raid would be a first if launched by one of the jihadist groups and one of their dormitories, whose presence is regularly reported. Since 2013 there has been no attack on the capital or its surroundings (Kati is about fifteen kilometers from the center of Bamako).
It testifies to a general deterioration in security, with the inability of the national security forces to control the insurgency, even with the support of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner.
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