In Niger, Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP) are fighting for territory while both groups continue to expand across the Sahel and beyond. Photo courtesy of the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point. As two rival jihadist organizations, the al-Qaeda-linked JNIM and the Islamic State’s Sahel Province, compete for dominance across the Sahel, their parallel campaigns of military attacks, economic warfare, and territorial expansion are spreading the insurgency into countries that until recently had largely been spared. On June 18, 2026, gunmen attacked Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger, at approximately 6:00 a.m. local time. Niger’s Ministry of Defense reported that 11 soldiers and 2 civilians were killed, 22 attackers were killed, and approximately 20…
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