This analysis of JNIM was published in 2018 and is not being updated. For a more recent analysis of JNIM from the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program, please click here. JNIM, whose name ...

Dicko was a Peul commander linked to Ansar al-Din who was arrested by French forces in Mali in ... The insurgency has quickly expanded since then. Today, Ansarul Islam is composed largely of Peul ...