Mali after 25 April 2026: Why Assimi Goita’s Junta Can No Longer Restore Its Pre-crisis Equilibrium
The Bamako blockade, the collapse of the protective myth, and the limits of AES-Russian backing Abstract This note examines the sequence opened in Mali by the coordinated attacks of 25 April 2026 and extended, through mid-May, by the blockade of Bamako, territorial reversals in the North, persistent violence in the Centre, and the reconfiguration of…

