{"id":99947,"date":"2026-05-02T13:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=99947"},"modified":"2026-05-02T07:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:51:18","slug":"mali-capital-not-under-threat-but-long-term-prospects-do-not-look-good-analyst-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/mali-capital-not-under-threat-but-long-term-prospects-do-not-look-good-analyst-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali capital &#8216;not under threat, but long-term prospects do not look good&#8217;, analyst says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k6kYjLpVEQ9PYQFMtVY\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p>\nSpeaking with FRANCE 24&#8217;s Sharon Gaffney, Dr Nathaniel Powell, West Africa Analyst at Oxford Analytica and Research Associate at Lancaster University&#8217;s Centre for War and Diplomacy, explains that the jihadist group operating in Mali, JNIM, &#8220;does not appear to have the capability to seize and hold an urban area for any length of time, so Bamako is not yet under threat of being captured, but the long-term prospects certainly do not look good&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking with FRANCE 24&#8217;s Sharon Gaffney, Dr Nathaniel Powell, West Africa Analyst at Oxford Analytica and Research Associate at Lancaster University&#8217;s Centre for War and Diplomacy, explains that the jihadist group operating in Mali, JNIM, &#8220;does not appear to have the capability to seize and hold an urban area for any length of time, so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1535],"tags":[4205,3507],"class_list":["post-99947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","tag-analyst","tag-mali"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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