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Islamic State’s Sahel Province is the more likely perpetrator than al-Qaeda-linked JNIM, based on a claim that Rideout’s phone was last traced to an area north of Niamey where ISSP operates.
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Islamic State’s Sahel Province is the more likely perpetrator than al-Qaeda-linked JNIM, based on a claim that Rideout’s phone was last traced to an area north of Niamey where ISSP operates.
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Sahel, Africa dossier
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Suspected jihadist gunmen abducted American missionary Kevin Rideout from his home, about 100 meters from Niger’s presidential palace.
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it was probably ISSP - rather than JNIM - that abducted Rideout, whose cell phone was last traced to an ISSP-ridden area north of Niamey
Islamic State’s Sahel Province is the more likely perpetrator than al-Qaeda-linked JNIM, based on a claim that Rideout’s phone was last traced to an area north of Niamey where ISSP operates.
Open source reportSuspected jihadist gunmen kidnapped an American missionary, Kevin Rideout, from his home just 100 meters (300 feet) from the presidential palace in Niamey.
Suspected jihadist gunmen abducted American missionary Kevin Rideout from his home, about 100 meters from Niger’s presidential palace.
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