‘Normality’ is returning to Gao province. Following the joint JNIM-FLA offensive in late April, the Afrika Corps and the FAMa have been re-entering the areas abandoned in early May and expanding their military operations. An example of this can be found in N’Tillit, a town under the nominal control of JNIM but which remains the subject of ongoing disputes with ISSP. The Russian-Malian military operations met with no resistance