Adrian’s Reviews > Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel: Local Politics and Rebel Groups > Status Update

This book is definetly top 3 this year.
The way it explains the situation in Mali, Niger , Burkina Faso, Algeria and Sahel, countries which i didn't know shit about is amazing. From Jihadists to ethnicities , conflicts , foreign relations, border enforcement, geography and agricultural/farming problems is more than i have ever expected.
I feel like it opened an entire horizon of knowledge and further study for me.

Algerian jihadi groups destroyed by army (GIA/GSPC) expand into North Mali. Here they provide charity and money to local Tuareg miltias that want to separate from Bamako.
Its so interesting to see that its not a unilateral agreeement between Al Quaeda and local populations. Locals use Al queda for money , for separatist movements for prestige and even for politics etc just as al queda uses them.
Great book so far !