Katiba Macina

Armed Terrorist Group

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Name Katiba Macina: Mali

Name La Force de Libération du Macina: Mali

Name MLM: Macina Liberation Movement

(UE) 2024/954 du 25/03/2024 (UE Etat islamique - Al Qaida - R (UE) 2016/1686) (FondementJuridique: 3729)

Name FLM: Force de Libération du Macina

Name MLF: Macina Liberation Front

(Date of UN designation: 2024-03-25)

Macina Liberation Movement

Mali

Macina Liberation Front

Name ML Movement: Macina Liberation Movement

Name Macina Liberation Movement: Mali

Force de Libération du Macina

Emerging in January 2015, Front de Libération du Macina (FLM) is a Mali-based Islamist extremist group. A constituent of Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM), FLM has targeted Malian and international security forces, civilians (including Westerners, teachers, imams, and local officials), and those it perceives as not adhering to its interpretation of Islam. The group's main objective has been to liberate the Fulani, mainly Muslim people scattered across 21 different African countries, from Malian government "oppression." On November 20, 2015, militants from various groups including FLM carried out a gun attack at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, killing over 20 people. More than 170 people were taken hostage during the siege, including three Canadians. Between June 18 and 19, 2022, FLM militants attacked three villages in central Mali—Diallassagou, Dianweli, and Deguessagou—killing at least 132 civilians and setting fire to many buildings. JNIM claimed responsibility for the attack, and the Malian government specifically accuses FLM. On February 12, 2025, militants killed 16 people and wounded several in the Ségou area of Mali for their refusal to follow Islamic law as dictated by FLM, and local sources attribute the attack to the FLM.