Iyad ag Ghali

In the same vein he opposes the violence of jihadist groups such as Jama'at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen but he shares the agenda of JNIM leader Iyad ag Ghali whom he has known for years...

Its leader Iyad ag Ghali repeatedly states that his movement wants Sharia law and an end to Mali's status as a lay state a position the junta has consistently maintained...

Dicko has long argued that JNIM leaders Iyad ag Ghaly and Amadou Koufa are Malians who must be included in a broader national dialogue to broker a peace...

More ominously local people report fresh attacks by the Al Qaida-linked Jama'at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) of Mali's most wanted warlord Iyad ag Ghali...

Alghabass the brother of Mohamed ag Intalla the Kidal-based traditional ruler – amenokal – of the Ifoghas northern Tuareg injected crucial momentum into the peace process a decade ago when he left Iyad ag Ghali's jihadist Ansar Dine movement to join the talks in Ouagadougou and then Algiers...

That would further complicate security conditions already undermined by the aggressive expansionary campaign of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) while the rival Jama'at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) headed by Iyad ag Ghali also competes for influence in the north-east...

Under pressure from a resilient Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) CSP is even reported to have discussed military collaboration with Iyad ag Ghali leader of the Islamic State-affiliated jihadist Jama'at Nasr al Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) which is aligned with Al Qaida in discreet meetings near Ménaka and Kidal in recent weeks...

With the French out of the picture attacks by Iyad ag Ghali's Al Qaida-aligned Jama'at Nasr al Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) on Minusma are set to increase...