{"id":372275,"date":"2026-08-22T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-malis-big-bet-on-russia-is-backfiring-mapped-out\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T13:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:00:26","slug":"how-malis-big-bet-on-russia-is-backfiring-mapped-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-malis-big-bet-on-russia-is-backfiring-mapped-out\/","title":{"rendered":"How Mali&#8217;s big bet on Russia is backfiring | Mapped Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RApfStFlysE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How Mali's big bet on Russia is backfiring | Mapped Out\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RApfStFlysE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Major attacks by jihadist group JNIM and separatist Tuareg rebels have rocked Mali. The West African country&#8217;s military ruler, Assimi Go\u00efta, is clinging on to power as violence and insecurity spread. US President Donald Trump has threatened to get involved and conduct airstrikes.<br \/>\nUnder Go\u00efta, Mali has turned away from its former colonial power, France, and sought help from Russia. Go\u00efta and Russian President Vladimir Putin seem to have developed a personal friendship. Mali has had longstanding connections with Russia and previously to the Soviet Union following its independence from France in 1960. Mali now leans on Africa Corps, formerly the Wagner Group \u2014 a group of Russian mercenaries linked to the Russian Ministry of Defense  \u2014 for support. Yet those mercenaries are proving no match for the jihadist groups and separatist rebels, who are gaining ground and want to bring down the military junta. Go\u00efta\u2019s regime is in danger \u2014 and perhaps his life too. So why is he still betting on Russia and why is Moscow so keen to stick around in Mali?<br \/>\nIt seems the Kremlin and Go\u00efta\u2019s military junta have different agendas. And there\u2019s a deeper problem: foreign military interventions have not solved Mali\u2019s terrorism issues. So Mali must look elsewhere for solutions.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Sahel neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger are also struggling with jihadist insurgencies. There, too, military juntas have swept to power and turned to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Mali welcomes Russia<br \/>\n00:32 Assimi Go\u00efta\u2019s military junta<br \/>\n00:51 Friendship with Vladimir Putin<br \/>\n01:42 Al-Qaida affiliate JNIM in the Sahel region<br \/>\n02:17 The Sahel: a global hotspot for terrorism<br \/>\n02:50 Who controls Mali?<br \/>\n03:42 Major attacks across Mali April 2026<br \/>\n03:57 Defense Minister Sadio Camara killed<br \/>\n05:08 How has the war impacted civilians in Mali?<br \/>\n05:28 Tuareg separatist rebels and the Azawad Liberation Front<br \/>\n06:35 How jihadists got so strong in Mali and took Timbuktu<br \/>\n07:27 Mali turns to France: Operation Serval<br \/>\n09:25 Burkina Faso and Niger: military coups d\u2019etat<br \/>\n10:24 Mali turns away from France and to Russia: the Wagner Group<br \/>\n11:45 Why did Wagner Group become Africa Corps?<br \/>\n12:28 What are Russia\u2019s real aims in Mali?<br \/>\n14:04 Why military interventions don\u2019t work<br \/>\n14:45 How Mali could tackle its problems<\/p>\n<p>#Mali #Russia #Sahel #dwgeopolitics #mappedout<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major attacks by jihadist group JNIM and separatist Tuareg rebels have rocked Mali. The West African country&#8217;s military ruler, Assimi Go\u00efta, is clinging on to power as violence and insecurity spread. US President Donald Trump has threatened to get involved and conduct airstrikes. Under Go\u00efta, Mali has turned away from its former colonial power, France, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":372276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-372275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Mali&#039;s big bet on Russia is backfiring | Mapped Out | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch How Mali&#039;s big bet on Russia is backfiring | Mapped Out for free, here on News ISC. 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