Jama'at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin is a Salafi Jihadist organisation in the Maghreb and West Africa formed by the merger of Ansar Dine, al-Mourabitoun and the Saharan branch of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. From Wikipedia
The junta’s reliance on Russia-linked mercenaries has failed to halt a surge in jihadist attacks.
