00:00The Malian Prime Minister Abdullahi Maïga urged the public to stay calm
00:05after a wave of coordinated attacks by jihadist fighters and allied Turek separatists.
00:11Speaking in Bamako, he warned that the attackers aim to seize power.
00:16Maïga delivered the message after visiting the wounded in Kati, calling for unity.
00:21The enemy's objective was to seize power by dismantling the institutions of the Republic.
00:30Hadist fighters seize the strategic northern town of Kidal shortly after Defence Minister Sadio Camara was killed on Saturday,
00:37with military rulers, Asimigo Ito, still absent from public view, questions arise about the Hunta's hold on power.
00:48It is clear that without the support of the sponsors, these cowardly acts by barbarians could never have taken place.
00:57What were these terrorist groups' objectives?
01:01They were essentially three.
01:04First, to solve fear and doubt.
01:07We are not afraid. We will never doubt.
01:12Analysts say the latest attacks posed the most serious challenge to the Malian state since the March 2012 offensive,
01:19which was ultimately pushed back by the help of the former colonial ruler France,
01:24whose forces have since withdrawn from the Sahel nation.
01:27Transcription by Newsom
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