Africa File, June 5, 2025: JNIM Offensive Across the Sahel; IS Somalia Down but Not Out; IS Central Africa Targets Uganda; IS Mozambique Threatens US and Western LNG Projects

Africa File, June 5, 2025: JNIM Offensive Across the Sahel; IS Somalia Down but Not Out; IS Central Africa Targets Uganda; IS Mozambique Threatens US and Western LNG Projects

Key Takeaways: Sahel. Al Qaeda’s Sahelian affiliate—Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wa al Muslimeen (JNIM)—has intensified its attacks across the Sahel, leading to one of the deadliest-ever 30-day periods for Sahelian security forces and allied militias.