🔴Territorial advance of terrorist groups in #Mali 🇲🇱, #Burkina_Faso 🇧🇫, #Niger 🇳🇪 and Gulf of Guinea countries.
➡️ Since 2012, the Sahel has been caught up in a cycle of jihadist violence that has caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people and whose perpetrators are terrorist groups that spread out over part of the #Sahel's territory.
➡️ Initially limited to Mali, this violence has gradually spread to Burkina Faso and Niger, and now poses a threat to the coastal countries of West Africa.
➡️ Using data from 🖥️ @acled
, we can visualise their territorial progression between 2017 and the end of 2024 in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.
An opportunity to redefine these groups with a focus on one of them whose hegemony has grown steadily since the end of 2023, in the south-east of Burkina Faso, the #Katiba_Hanifa.
#THREAD 1/4
This is Hossam’s team, and we are sharing his final message :
“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents—anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people’s side.
By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.
I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.”
— For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.