Tag: ISIS

Great Report about PMCs Arms Control and Wagner in Mali, But Falls Short Understanding Arms Procurement Processes and Usage

Royce de Melo, October 20, 2025October 27, 2025

This is an interesting and very insightful report by Global Initiative called ‘Private military companies and arms control challenges, The Wagner group in Mali‘. There is a bit in the report about Russians not getting along with the Malian troops are entirely in line with expectations. In Mozambique a few…

ISIS

By Death or Surrender, Some ISIS Key Leaders Have Bit the Dust in the Deserts of the Sahel

Royce de Melo, September 3, 2025September 3, 2025

Al Qaeda in the Sahel, i.e. Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), appears to be making worrisome gains and garnering more attention these days than ISIS, i.e. Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS). This report about ISGC leaders being taken out or surrendering might be indicative of their situation. –RdM…

ISIS Mozambique

ISIS-Mozambique Attack Inside Niassa Province, Targeting A Hunting Lodge, and 2021 Niassa LI Article

Royce de Melo, May 2, 2025May 5, 2025

Last week on the 19th of April, ISIS-Mozambique (IS-M) Islamist terrorists raided Kambako hunting area, a tourist spot, in the Niassa Special Reserve, destroyed, murdered and looted, as they do. What’s a little more unique about this attack is that they were operating in Niassa province outside of their regular…