The article discusses the expansion of the al-Qaeda-linked JNIM group in Mali and highlights Iyad Ag Ghali, who is identified as the group's leader and Mali's most wanted figure.

An alliance of al-Qaeda-linked jihadists and Tuareg separatists has carried out the largest coordinated attack in over a decade in Mali. The al-Qaeda-linked JNIM group — Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin — has expanded in recent years. Its leader, Iyad Ag Ghali, is the most wanted man in Mali. The French military, Malian authorities, and Russian mercenaries have all sought, in vain, to capture him.