Liptako-Gourma Crisis: The Inter-Jihadi War for the Sahel
Intelligence dossier analyzing the territorial war between ISGS and JNIM in the Liptako-Gourma region and the collapse of state authority in the central Sahel.
May 21, 2026
This hub monitors the rapid deterioration of the security environment across West Africa’s “Sahel belt,” currently the global epicenter for militant Islamist activity. It tracks the collapse of international counter-terrorism support and the resulting vacuum being filled by Russian paramilitary forces and expanding insurgent groups like JNIM and IS-Sahel.
Intelligence dossier analyzing the territorial war between ISGS and JNIM in the Liptako-Gourma region and the collapse of state authority in the central Sahel.
An intelligence assessment tracking how violent non-state actors (VNSAs) build alternative administrative, tax, and judicial structures across the Sahel.
Intelligence dossier on the transition of Wagner assets into the formalized Africa Corps. Analysis of Russia’s “regime survival” model and mineral extraction in the Sahel.
Analysis of why kinetic military operations fail in the Sahel and East Africa. Deconstructing the Persistence Gap, Logistical Oxygen, and the application of the Mosaic Defense.
Analysis of high-velocity state failure and the Bamako Blueprint. Explore how administrative hollowing and logistical asphyxiation trigger systemic collapse in 45 days.
CommandEleven audits the “Bamako Blueprint” and the 45-day velocity of state failure. Analysis of logistical asphyxiation, administrative hollowing, and the #72/48 Resilience Protocol.
Strategic audit of the IRGC’s transition to a Garrison State. Analysis of the Fujairah Pipeline threat, the UAE’s OPEC exit, and the 72-hour window for maritime interdiction.
A clinical audit of the Sahelian Front. Deconstructing JNIM’s “Siege Architecture,” the interdiction of gold/lithium reserves, and the 45-day velocity of Mali’s total administrative rupture.
Technical analysis on Hybrid Targeting Fusion (HTF) and the 15-minute kill chain in the 2026 multi-domain battlespace.