INTEL READS: Understanding JNIM’s Expansion Beyond the Sahel (via Crisis Group)

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SOURCE: Crisis Group

Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, the main jihadist movement in the central Sahel, has embarked on an expansion that has put West Africa on alert. While territorial conquest is not the group’s main priority, threatened states should prepare by better understanding vulnerabilities and reviving r…