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Military Rulers and Jihadist Rebels in the Sahel
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Military Rulers and Jihadist Rebels in the Sahel
This week on Hold Your Fire! Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s President Comfort Ero and Sahel Director Jean-Hervé Jezequel to discuss political shifts in the Sahel and assess military rule in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger amid rising jihadist violence.
The jihadist group led by Iyad Ag Ghali has multiplied the attacks in Mali and Burkina Faso in recent weeks. At the same time, it smoothes its speech and is willing to present itself as a protector of civilians in the face of the abuses of the regular armies.
Iyad Ag Ghali, the head of the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (GSIM), in Kidal, Mali, on August 7, 2012. ROMARIC OLLO HIEN / AFP His speech was an announcement of the ongoing offensive. On March 30, Mahmoud Barry, one of the figures of the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (GSIM), the Sahelian branch of Al-Qaida, preached in front of his staff and a few dozen fighters on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitr, the celebration marking the end of Ramadan mo…
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