https://www.mnnonline.org/news/terrorists-tightening-their-grip-on-mali/
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Ask God to strengthen believers in Mali with resilience and faithfulness to the end. Pray for global support for Mali's leaders, that they may be able to fulfill their responsibility to protect their citizens.
The central Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are some of the poorest in the world, Djadi explains. Though their governments are willing to fight, they have little capacity to oppose well-equipped insurgents. They are also the only countries where both an al-Qaeda-linked group and an Islamic State-affiliated group are active"
