Burkina Faso: Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wa al Muslimeen (JNIM) consolidating control over southeastern areas

JNIM has used Park W—a nature preserve in the border area between Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger—as a sanctuary over the past two years.

The group has used the park to launch attacks on security forces and civilians in neighboring areas. JNIM launched another wave of attacks on security forces in the Est region, which contains the western third of the pa…