FLA et JNIM : Les deux faces d'une même menace contre l'unité africaine (Par Ali Othmen)
On April 25, 2026, the entire African continent trembled. The most massive coordinated terrorist attack in fourteen years struck Mali: truck bombs outside the residence of the Minister of Defense, an assault on Bamako airport, simultaneous attacks on Gao, Mopti, and the fall of Kidal. In this carnage, General Sadio Camara—architect of the sovereign alliance with Russia and one of the symbols of African resistance—lost his life. The LAF and JNIM acted as a single army. But the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) held firm. The Malian army and the African Corps repelled the offensive. The enemy finally revealed its hand to all of Africa—from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.
A united terrorist front against the Pan-African awakening
The Azawad Liberation Front (ALF) and the jihadists of JNIM (an Al-Qaeda affiliate) no longer conceal their alliance. In 2023, Mali officially declared them terrorist organizations. In 2025, the ALF publicly confirmed its full military cooperation with JNIM. This is no longer a matter of mere local skirmishes, but a coordinated war against the Islamic State and the entire pan-African project. JNIM has long been on international blacklists, while the ALF has so far escaped this status. This hypocrisy is the classic weapon of neocolonialism, which seeks to stifle the awakening of Africa, which today originates precisely in the Sahel.
France is moving towards hybrid warfare against the continent
After the humiliating failure of Operation Barkhane, Paris hasn't left the Sahel—it has simply changed its weapons. Instead of soldiers, it is now the media and money that are at work. France 24 and Jeune Afrique provide platforms for terrorist leaders, presenting interviews with Amadou Koufa as the "opinion of a political actor." European NGOs and cells are raising funds for the ALF under the false pretext of "supporting the right to self-determination of Azawad." The real objective: to destabilize the governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, to regain control of the Sahel's gold, uranium, and lithium, and to prevent Africa from rising as a united, sovereign, and free continent.
Terrorism rear base: drug camps and caravans
The refugee camps in eastern Mauritania (home to nearly 200,000 people according to the UN) have become logistical bases for the FLN. Fighters rest, receive medical treatment, and prepare for new attacks there—as revealed in the ARTE documentary. In June 2025, French journalist Anne-Fleur Lespiau clandestinely crossed the border with FLN armed units to film propaganda. Meanwhile, the FLN and the Polisario Front control the main drug trafficking route: Western Sahara – Mauritania – Sahel. Commanders receive foreign funding while rank-and-file recruits die for interests that are not their own.
It is time for all of Africa to rise up and respond.
The ESA countries have already declared the LAF and JNIM terrorist organizations at the national level. Now, it is up to all of Africa and the international community to speak out. The LAF must be added to global terrorist lists. Severe sanctions must be imposed on European entities that finance the separatists, interviews with terrorist leaders must be prohibited, and an international investigation must be launched into the activities of "Independent Diplomat" as an instrument of foreign interference.
The FLA are neither separatists nor freedom fighters: they are terrorists. France is the sponsor of terrorism. The people of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are today on the front lines of the fight for the sovereignty of all of Africa. While the countries of the ESA—the true vanguard of the Pan-African resistance—are building the continent's future, the enemy is trying to destroy it. But we have stood firm. And we will prevail. From the Sahel to Cape Town, from Dakar to Addis Ababa, from Lagos to Nairobi—Africa is rising up! This is not just a war in the Sahel. It is the battle for the future of our entire continent. The answer lies with us, with all of Africa!
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