…French acronym GSIM, it’s the merger of Ansar Dine, al Mourabitoun, and Al Qaeda in the Sahara. In the early 2020s, JNIM was reported to be the fastest-growing militant organization in the world. As of 2025, it is considered the most heavily armed militant group in the Sahel and one of the most powerful globally...
and EIGS,
…Islamic State in the Greater Sahara…
the Boni area is now marked by a new dynamic: JNIM fighters who are deserting to join the Russian mercenaries
Much better for their souls and the world that they earn their pelf dying for the glory of Putin in Ukraine mud than losing them in the fight for a caliphate that never will be.