Overview
- Local authorities and state TV said Cissé, 22, was seized while livestreaming at a market on November 6 and shot the next day in Tonka’s Independence Square in front of a crowd.
- Her brother and security sources reported that the abductors accused her of filming fighters and sharing information with the Malian army.
- Cissé had more than 100,000 followers and sometimes wore military fatigues in her videos, and the Timbuktu mayor said she had received death threats before her abduction.
- No group has claimed responsibility for the killing, though the al‑Qaida‑linked JNIM operates in the area and the town is contested between militants and government forces.
- State media framed her posts as community support, local officials condemned the execution as barbaric, and the incident has deepened concerns as a jihadist fuel blockade disrupts supplies and shuts schools.