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1 – 10 of 10JNIM’s top leader Iyad ag Ghali and key deputy Amadou Koufa, have been in place since the group’s 2017 creation, giving the group some leadership continuity, despite a period of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287129
ISSN: 2633-304X
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His death is the first killing of a senior IS-Sahel leader in over a year, potentially signalling more aggressive government action against the group.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287243
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Previously, there was accommodation and even cooperation between them. Global rivalries between al-Qaida and the Islamic State do not explain the shifts in the Sahara-Sahel…
The evolution and limits of jihadism in north-west Africa.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240764
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There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but jihadist groups have been expanding their area of operations in recent years from northern Mali and southern Libya to West…
While the overall number of incidents is fewer than a dozen since the rise of the region's jihadist insurgencies in the early 2010s, the trend lends credence to growing warnings…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263451
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It will increase rainfall variability and extreme events such as droughts and floods, as well as raising temperatures. These effects may trigger cascading risks to economic…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266662
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The militancy phenomenon.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218319
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Some traditional forms of trafficking, such as cocaine, are somewhat contracting, while new ones, for instance counterfeit medicines, are booming. None has disappeared; instead…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256629
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Like France, Germany is now partnering with Niger, but it continues to avoid combat roles, helping to keep its political risks in the region fairly low. Meanwhile, Berlin does not…