10/05/2018
Longtime Jihadist Leads Group that Claimed Niger Attack
Not much is known about the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, the group that claimed responsibility for killing four U.S. and four Nigerien soldiers in western Niger last October. However, the group's leader, Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, is a well-known figure in regional jihadist circles. Al-Sahrawi is a longtime veteran of the West African subregion with deep networks in Mali, according to Jacob Zenn, fellow of African and Eurasian Affairs for the Jamestown Foundation in...
