Armed males in Mali publicly killed TikTok influencer, authorities say

Armed males in Mali killed a TikTok influencer who had posted movies in assist of the West African nation’s army, authorities mentioned Monday (November 10, 2025).

“The younger TikTok consumer Mariame Cissé was kidnapped by armed males on Friday whereas she was on the weekly market in Echel … The following day, at nightfall, the identical males introduced her again to Independence Square in Tonka and executed her in entrance of a crowd,” Yehia Tandina, the mayor of Timbuktu, advised The Associated Press.

The mayor of Tonka within the Timbuktu area, Mamadou Konipo, confirmed the killing however mentioned he did not have extra info.

Tonka is a village alongside the Niger River, roughly 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Timbuktu. Members of the al-Qaida affiliate Jama’at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin, or JNIM, are recognized to function there.

No group has taken accountability for the killing.

Cissé, who was not a member of the army, generally posted photographs of herself in army fatigues to her greater than 140,00 followers, which is assumed to have drawn consideration from the armed males.

Cissé acquired dying threats a number of days earlier than she was kidnapped, in response to the Timbuktu mayor.

Mali has been battling armed teams since 2012, a combat that has escalated over the previous decade. The army seized energy in 2020 on the pretext of curbing the insecurity. Another army officer seized energy in a coup the next 12 months. Insecurity has worsened since then, in response to monitoring teams.

Armed teams, primarily JNIM, function in giant swathes of rural areas. The landlocked nation is at the moment below a gas blockade by JNIM.