2023 Nara ambush

Summary

On April 18, 2023, militants from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin ambushed a car transporting Malian Chief of Staff Oumar Traore near Nara, Koulikoro Region, Mali, killing him and three other passengers. The ambush was one of the most high-profile assassinations of Malian political figures by JNIM.