The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has just published a demolishing analysis: West Africa is becoming the epicenter of global jihadism. The offensive launched on April 25, 2026 by Al Qaeda subsidiary Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), against the government of Mali—with Bamako blockade included—and the simultaneous expansion of the Islamic State in the Sahel and Lake Chad draw a scenario that Western intelligence…
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has just published a demolishing analysis: West Africa is becoming the epicenter of global jihadism. The offensive launched on April 25, 2026 by Al Qaeda subsidiary Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), against the government of Mali—with Bamako blockade included—and the simultaneous expansion of the Islamic State in the Sahel and Lake Chad draw a scenario that Western intelligence…