This local branch of the Islamic State group (ISIS) was at first self-proclaimed, the outgrowth of a schism within MUJAO. The group’s leader, the former MUJAO commander Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahraoui, ...
The CMPFR is a collection of militias largely representing sedentary populations of the Niger River buckle, as well as predominantly Peul militias. The original CMFPR, founded in July 2012, contained ...