A recent wave of attacks in Mali by JNIM, the region’s dominant jihadist group, in alliance with ethnic Tuareg separatists, shows just how bad things are https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/05/07/mali-shows-the-growing-strength-of-jihadism-in-the-sahel?taid=6a001582999f620001573e6f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante