Soumpi Attack

Overview

On January 27, 2018, militants from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin and the Coalition of the People of Azawad attacked a Malian military base in Soumpi, Mali.

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Significance

The Soumpi attack on January 27, 2018 represented a coordinated strike by two distinct armed factions—Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin and the Coalition of the People of Azawad—against a Malian military installation. The convergence of a jihadist organization and a separatist coalition in a single operation illustrated the overlapping and sometimes aligned interests of armed groups active in central and northern Mali during this period of the conflict. The attack on a fixed military base underscored the continued vulnerability of Malian security forces to militant action in the interior of the country, years after the initial 2012 crisis that drew international intervention.

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