MUJAO split from AQIM in October 2011, following accusations that AQIM was too dominated by Arab commanders and criticisms of its methods of jihad. From the beginning, MUJAO had a clearly Sahelian ...
Another problem lies in the Sahel. The researcher from the Real Instituto Elcano, Marta Driessen, places it on the map: ...
For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching ... "While the Islamic State has remained in a form of global jihad that is failing to take root ...