Surging Jihadist Violence in Sahel Fuels Fears Unrest May Spread
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The terrible, if not complicit, conduct of the war against Wahhabi terrorism, corruption and servile stance before the Western powers have been the triggers by which the young officers have decided to follow the difficult roads of Sankara, Gaddafi or Nasser. Beginning in 2012, from the north of Mali, terrorism began to spread to Niger and Burkina Faso, for years later reaching Togo and Benin, in the Gulf of Guinea, and now the al-Qaeda franchise…


Surging jihadist violence in Sahel fuels fears unrest may spread
JNIM’s rapid ascent reshapes Sahel security landscape, warn experts – The North Africa Post
Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaeda affiliate, has emerged as the most powerful militant force in West Africa, now commanding up to 6,000 fighters and staging coordinated, high-impact attacks across the Sahel, experts warn. According new analysis titled ‘JNIM Expanding Geographic Reach and Staging Coordinated Attacks in the Sahel’, JNIM’s recent assaults in Timbuktu […]
For the past month, the jihadist groups in the Sahel affiliated with Al Qaeda have launched a major offensive against the armies of the three countries of the Central Sahel, putting them under intense pressure and giving rise to spectacular images of defeated military camps, prisoners and triumphant jihadists posing in ruined military grips. According to ACLED, the region had never recorded so many victims in a month since August 2024. The captu…
Funding terror in West Africa
Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin is a vicious terror group that emerged in 2017 and operates in the west Africa-Sahel axis. Wikimedia Commons How deadly jihadists get themoney they need to survive COMMENT | EGODI UCHENDU & MUHAMMED SANI DANGUSAU | The West Africa–Sahel region has seen a proliferation of militant Islamist groups since the 1990s. One of the most vicious groups operating in the region is Jama ’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (…
The last recorded figure shows an unprecedented upturn in terrorist attacks in at least three countries in the Sahel; Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, according to the latest report of the OIET published recently. By Lehbib Abdelhay Madrid (ECS).- Jihadist violence continues to rebound throughout the Sahel region, as a result of instability and policies in the countries forming the Gourma Alliance (AES). These countries, Mali, Burkina Faso and Nige…
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