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Burkina Faso: Battles in Ouagadougou
Ransoms, zakat, territory: the war between Jnim and the Islamic State intensifies in the Sahel. On October 10, bloody fighting pitted Jnim against the Islamic State in Burkina Faso. A new episode in the rivalry between the two jihadist groups, against a backdrop of a desire for expansion and control of financing, which now threatens to spill over beyond the Sahel.
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