Jihadi Fighters Affiliated with Al Qaeda Close in on Mali’s Capital, as Instability Grows Across Sahel Region | News Channel 3-12

Halting al Qaeda’s Advance in West Africa

Mali is slowly sliding toward becoming a failed state at the hands of al Qaeda. On October 28, the United States and several other countries escalated security alerts and travel warnings across the...

Jihadi fighters affiliated with al Qaeda close in on Mali’s capital, as instability grows across Sahel region | News Channel 3-12

By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — A well-armed jihadist group affiliated with al Qaeda is closing in on Bamako, the capital of Mali. The country’s military junta and their Russian partners are struggling to counter the jihadis, who now hold sway in many parts of the huge Sahelian country. What’s happening now Fuel is running short in Bamako as militants belonging to a group called Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam al-Muslimin (JNIM) cut roads to the capital, att…

Mali’s Potential Fall To Terrorists Could Result In Another French-Led Intervention

The dual pretexts of crushing the world’s latest caliphate and averting another 2015-like migrant crisis could suffice for rallying the public around a French-led mission for restoring Western influence in the region. The Wall Street Journal recently warned that “Al Qaeda Is on the Brink of Taking Over a Country”, writing that the group’s local ally Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has encircled the capital, cutting it off from food an…