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Propaganda image released by JNIM’s media outlet Az-Zallaqa Media Production, showing a group of approximately 30 armed terrorists in camouflage uniforms and face coverings, posing for a graduation ceremony at the Abu Yahya al-Muhajir training camp in an undisclosed desert location in Mali. The fighters are holding assault rifles and ammunition belts. Black jihadist flags are visible in the background. A yellow banner in the upper right corner reads “Mali” in Arabic. The image was published on 27 February

Mali in the grip of hybrid warfare

Four months of asymmetric conflict: between September and December 2025, JNIM escalated its hybrid warfare strategy, targeting Mali’s economy, transport, and civilian life, demonstrating unprecedented control over resources and daily mobility

A close-up photograph of a small pile of white powder, presumably cocaine, on a smooth gray surface. The powder appears crystalline and clumped together, illuminated dramatically from above creating shadows beneath it

The hidden highways of the Sahel

As the Sahel and North Africa spiral deeper into instability, narcotraffickers carve out new routes across the desert, leveraging chaos for profit