This fifth monthly analytical report based on open source observations of Jihadi activities throughout the Sahel will focus on the most significant events that occurred in April 2023. The month of April partly overlapped with the holy month of...
This fourth monthly analytical report on open source observations of Jihadi activities throughout the Sahel will focus on the most significant events that occurred in March 2023. The month of March partly coincided with the holy month of Ramadan...
This third monthly analytical report on open source observations of Jihadi activities throughout the Sahel will focus on the most significant events that occurred in February 2023. The month of February 2023 saw an increase in attack claims from all...
This second monthly analytical report on open source observations of Jihadi activities throughout the Sahel will focus on the most significant events that occurred in January 2023. (N.B.: As we refine our methodology for documenting claimed attacks...
This first monthly analytical report on open source observations of Jihadi activities throughout the Sahel will focus on the most significant events that occurred in December 2022. The Bay’a Campaign Throughout the Sahel in December groups made...
"On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt' with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green, Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler lays out the consequences, as France ends counterterrorism operation in the Sahel region."
CEP Tweet linking to "Syria: Extremism and Terrorism" report quoted: "With Wagner Group’s presence in #Mali, #Russia has continued to make inroads across the Sahel, particularly in Mali’s southwestern neighbor Burkina Faso. The Wagner Group has been accused of indiscriminate killings in Mali. More on Russia’s interventions"
On May 15, Mali’s ruling junta announced that the country would withdraw from the G5 Sahel, a West African security force. Junta officials claimed the decision was due to the G5’s lack of progress in defeating al-Qaeda and ISIS. U.N. Assistant...
The security situation in Africa’s Sahel region continues to deteriorate. In January 2020, the U.N. envoy to West Africa reported that terrorist attacks have increased fivefold in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger since 2016. In 2019 alone, there were...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
In Their Own Words:
When you’re dealing with a certain type of character, they’ll push their body right into your hand…and that’s when you strike. Second thing, I would say strike first.
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