Start of Coordinated Attacks in Mali

Date: April 25, 2026 • Location: Rome, Italy

Malian minister of defence Sadio Camara is killed during the start of coordinated attacks in the country.

Sadio Camara was a Malian military officer who served as the minister of defence of Mali from 2021 until his assassination in 2026. He took an active part in the 2020 Malian coup d'état along with Colonel Assimi Goïta that ousted the government of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, and began serving as the country's minister of defence at that time.