“We Were Trained By Foreign Instructors”- Captured JNIM/Al-Qaeda Terrorist Who Participated In The Mali Terror Attacks Speaks Out

“We were trained by foreign instructors (France, Ukraine, the United States), to oversee the terror attacks. They only want to destabilize Mali. My brothers, I urge you to put down your arms. The war is specifically aimed at destroying the development of our country. It’s a fratricidal war. My brothers I urge you to put down your arms. We will not win. Let’s go home to our families.”
— Captured JNIM-Al-Qaeda Terrorist

On April 25, 2026, the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) foiled a series of coordinated terror attacks targeting several cities across the country, primarily the garrison towns of Kati, Kidal, Gao and Sevare. The Al-Qaeda-linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and the so-called Azawad Liberation Forces (FLA) both claimed responsibility for these attacks, whose scale and orchestration suggested substantial external backing – Al-Qaeda has known links to the US government.

On April 28, 2026, Mali President Assimi Goïta addressed the nation, vowing to continue military operations until the forces of terror were expelled from the country.
In a video recorded by the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) and Russia’s African Corps, which has been a key ally to Mali in its fight against Western-backed terror, a JNIM terrorist who participated in the April 25 attacks admits to being trained by “foreign instructors” – which to those in the know, is simply code for France and Ukraine.

As a member of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Mali has faced relentless attacks by Western-backed terrorists, economic isolation and sovereignty violations by Western-aligned African states, and endless slander from Western and Western-aligned media. Despite these externally-imposed challenges, the country and its fellow AES members, Niger and Burkina Faso, have continued to record economic and political wins.

All 3 AES members have pointed to former colonizer France as a key sponsor of terror in the region – a claim which has been corroborated by their international allies – and France itself has made no bones about its intentions to revive its dwindling influence in Kmt=Abibiman=Farafina=Land of the Blacks (Africa), and in so doing, shore up its presently crumbling economy.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/06/france-is-a-state-sponsor-of-terror-aes-countries-declare/

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France is a state sponsor of terror, AES countries declare : Peoples Dispatch

"Nostalgic for the colonial era and concerned by the loss of influence in Sahel", France is intent on destabilizing the AES by providing intelligence, "logistical support, arms and ammunition" to the terrorist groups, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger allege.