Key Takeaways: Mali. The Malian junta has supported select local negotiations with al Qaeda’s Sahelian affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wa al Muslimeen (JNIM) to ease the ongoing fuel blockade, which has had widespread impacts
Terrorist roadblocks strangle the economies of Mali and its neighbours
Terrorist roadblocks strangle the economies of Mali and its neighbours JNIM’s blockades have become a strategic weapon that threatens regional commerce and the Malian army, and harms civilians. Since 3 September, the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat
HUMAN SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING ECOSYSTEMS– NORTH AFRICA AND THE SAHEL
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Sudan’s civil war reignites the illicit car trade into Chad
Numerous actors are involved in this surging criminal enterprise, with members of the rebel Rapid Support Forces becoming key players. Sudan’s third civil war, which began in April 2023 between the rebel Rapid Support Forces
Terrorist roadblocks strangle the economies of Mali and its neighbours
Terrorist roadblocks strangle the economies of Mali and its neighbours JNIM’s blockades have become a strategic weapon that threatens regional commerce and the Malian army, and harms civilians. Since 3 September, the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat
Terrorist roadblocks strangle the economies of Mali and its neighbours
Terrorist roadblocks strangle the economies of Mali and its neighbours JNIM’s blockades have become a strategic weapon that threatens regional commerce and the Malian army, and harms civilians. Since 3 September, the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat
Sudan’s War Is the Shape of Things to Come
On September 12, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States announced a joint road map for ending Sudan’s devastating two-and-a-half-year civil war. The announcement, on its own terms, was a breakthrough.
Sudan: Hemeti’s Tasis government a smokescreen of legitimacy
A coalition of armed movements in Sudan has appointed a ‘civilian government’, but will this legitimise Hemeti and his Rapid Support Forces? In August, the so-called Tasis (or ‘founding’) government, a coalition of armed movements,
Sahel Monitoring June 2025
JNIM (91 claims) June began with the Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) demonstrating its growing capabilities by coordinating complex military operations against armed forces in the Sahel. On the first day of the month,
Sahel Monitoring July 2025
JNIM (99 claims) In July 2025, JNIM issued 98 statements related to military operations and one longer communiqué detailing the situation in the Sahel. In these statements, the group claimed 54 attacks in Burkina Faso,