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Could this African nation become Trump's next terror target as jihadists close in on power?

Mali's gold and lithium deposits add a minerals dimension as Trump's team reportedly weighs strikes against al Qaeda-linked terrorists in the Sahel.

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JOHANNESBURG: The U.S. is reportedly considering airstrikes against al Qaeda-linked terrorists in Mali, according to regional analysts and recent media reports.

The military junta that has been running this West African country in the Sahel region since coups in both 2020 and 2021 turned away from France and the U.S. to get military protection from Russia and its Africa Corps mercenaries against jihadist groups.

But now the largest of these groups, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), which has Mali’s capital under siege, is credited, along with another group, for killing 50 Malian soldiers this month, for the death of the country’s defense minister earlier this year and has reportedly sent battalions of Russian soldiers retreating on at least two occasions this year.

Malian troops parade during the country's 65th anniversary of the African nation's independence. (Habib Kouyate/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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