Shifting relationships, growing threats : Who’s who of insurgent groups in the Sahel

Shifting relationships, growing threats: Who’s who of insurgent groups in the Sahel

In the six years since a separatist rebellion broke out in northern #Mali in January 2012, armed groups in West Africa’s Sahel region have grown considerably in both number and the complexity of their ever-evolving relationships with one another.

▻http://www.irinnews.org/analysis/2018/02/15/Sahel-militant-groups-Mali-Niger-threat
#Sahel #Niger #Nigeria #Burkina_Faso #Tchad #ISIS #Etat_islamique #EI #boko_haram #djihadisme
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