Mali's JNIM Jihadists: Armed Fighters or Politically Ambitious Belligerents?

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United Nations Mali Conflict Jihadists JNIM

By waging an economic blockade and conducting attacks on fuel convoys, the jihadist group JNIM has made itself the arch nemesis of Mali's junta, weakening the country's central government in an unprecedented manner. The Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, as it is formally known, is the "most significant ...