Interior forces
National Gendarmerie of Mali
Military police force with rural policing and territorial duties under the defence ministry. Its posts are often the state's only armed presence outside the garrison towns — which makes them both the face of state authority in the countryside and among the insurgency's most frequently attacked targets.
AES states & allied forcesInterior / security
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Assessed as of2026-06