The Azawad Liberation Front, a Tuareg rebel group in Mali, vowed that the country's ruling junta would fall. They also publicly urged the withdrawal of Russian forces from Mali following recent attacks by separatists and Islamist insurgents.

A spokesperson for Mali's Tuareg rebel group Azawad Liberation Front pledged on Wednesday that the country's ruling junta "will fall" and said the group wanted to see Russian forces withdraw "from all of Mali" after weekend attacks by Islamist insurgents and Tuareg separatists targeting major cities.