Sharia as ‘Desert Business’: Understanding the Links between Criminal Networks and Jihadism in Northern Mali

Haugegaard, Rikke

doi:10.5334/sta.494

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“…Similarly, the assumption of ethnic homogeneity in identity-based rebellion is not apparent (Cunningham et al 2012). Malian rebel groups with Arab or Tuareg identities comprise large numbers of former members from Ansar Dine and the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), including several Sub-Saharan nationalities (Haugegaard 2018). Thus, ethnic group identity does not necessarily translate into strict requirements at the individual level.…”

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Moving Through Conflict: Transit Migration and Rebel Capacity in Mali

Nydal

2023

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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How do rebel organizations capitalize on transit migration? While numerous studies have examined the role of refugees, this article explores a broader yet significant category of mobile populations in civil conflict. Focusing on Mali, I argue that transit migration increases rebel capacity based on three causal mechanisms: Obstacles in transit, camping banditry, and dynamic recruitment. Obstacles are an enabling mechanism by facilitating the intersection between rebels and migrants. As camping bandits, rebels move between violent extortion and systematic exploitation depending on levels of competition. Finally, I argue that rebels recruit transit migrants using dynamic strategies, including coercive incentives and short-term contracts in which social and ideological requirements are relaxed. Combining quantitative analysis with original interview data, I find significant support for the causal argument and preliminary evidence for my conceptual framework. The findings improve our understanding of rebel organizations and the role of mobile populations in civil conflict.

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Moving Through Conflict: Transit Migration and Rebel Capacity in Mali

Nydal

2023

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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“…For more, see e.g Raineri and Strazzari (2015). andHaugegaard (2017). 8 UN PEACE OPERATIONS, TERRORISM, AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM…”

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UN Peace Operations, Terrorism, and Violent Extremism

Karlsrud

2018

United Nations Peace Operations in a Changing Global Order

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In the last decade or so, terrorism and violent extremism have moved centre stage on the international policy agenda. Consequently, also the question of the United Nations peace operations' role vis-à-vis these threats has gained strength. Historically, UN peace operations have been deployed in theatres where such threats have been present, but they have so far not confronted these threats directly. The UN stabilisation mission in Mali (MINUSMA), deployed in 2013, marked the beginning of a new era in this respect. MINUSMA has been the target of terrorist attacks from a number of different groups, and had at the time of writing suffered 95 fatalities and a number of injuries as a result (UN 2017a). But MINUSMA is also a notable case study because it has been mandated by the UN Security Council to take "direct action" to mitigate and respond to the asymmetric threats that the terrorist groups represent (UN 2016a, p. 8).

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Culture as Operational Enabler: Training Danish Officers to Understand the Interaction Between Cultural Dynamics and Military Operations

Haugegaard

2020

Warriors or Peacekeepers?

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Sharia as ‘Desert Business’: Understanding the Links between Criminal Networks and Jihadism in Northern Mali

Cited by 9 publications

References 8 publications

Moving Through Conflict: Transit Migration and Rebel Capacity in Mali

Moving Through Conflict: Transit Migration and Rebel Capacity in Mali

UN Peace Operations, Terrorism, and Violent Extremism

Culture as Operational Enabler: Training Danish Officers to Understand the Interaction Between Cultural Dynamics and Military Operations

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