Sahel-to-Savanna·20h agoSahel juntas' russian air power fails to stop jihadist gains as violence spreadsAfter five years of junta rule and Africa Corps deployments, attacks in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are up sharply and JNIM now controls…
Proxy Gambit·Oct 22Kidal fell back to mali's army, but the JNIM ambush that followed says who really holds the northMali retook the Tuareg separatist stronghold in November 2023 with Russian air support — then spent two years proving that taking a city…
Sahel-to-Savanna·Oct 21Sahel food crisis hits 54.8 million as jihadists turn hunger into a recruitment toolDuring the 2026 lean season, armed groups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger used cattle raids and convoy ambushes to profit from the same…
Proxy Gambit·Oct 11Mali’s army trained 8,000 men under wagner. then the fuel convoys started burning.As the Africa Corps absorbs Wagner’s Mali contract, JNIM is strangling supply routes rather than taking ground — and Bamako’s expanded…
Proxy Gambit·Sep 24JNIM downs first russian molniya-2 drone near dioura as africa corps loses air advantageThe September 19 shootdown in Mali's Mopti Region marks JNIM's first confirmed kill of the Africa Corps' new recon UAV, three months after…
Sahel-to-Savanna·Sep 19Algeria rethinks its non-intervention doctrine as sahel violence reaches its bordersAfter a decade of refusing to send troops abroad, Algiers is weighing cross-border operations against JNIM and ISGS as attacks near its…
Proxy Gambit·Sep 17Wagner's mali exit was a contract change, not a victoryThe Africa Corps inherits Wagner's mines, its payroll and its casualty lists — but not its plausible deniability.
Sahel-to-Savanna·Sep 5IS-Sahel gains along Mali-Burkina border strain JNIM's riverine strongholdThe jihadist rivalry is redrawing frontlines between the Niger River bend and the Burkina Faso border, where at least 2.1 million people…
