Ranks Divided
The 29 August mutiny has put Abdourahamane Tiani’s counterterrorism strategy under renewed scrutiny, as jihadist violence continues to ravage western Niger’s Tillabéri region. Our maps chart the evolution of deadly attacks in recent years, revealing the scale of the country’s worsening security crisis.
Niger’s 29 August mutiny has cast a spotlight on Tillabéri, the south-western region bordering Mali and Burkina Faso that has become the country’s main theatre of jihadist violence.
Many of the soldiers who seized control of Base 101 were drawn from special forces units on the front line against the Islamic State (IS) and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), linking the unrest in Niamey to the country’s worsening security crisis.
