ABSTRACT Until the beginning of 2020, the Sahel was something of an exception with respect to international rivalry between jihadists. This came to an end when violent clashes involving supporters of Al-Qaeda and those affiliated with the Islamic State were recorded in central Mali. The violent escalation that has taken place between Katiba Macina and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara in the inner Niger Delta should be framed as a battle between a dominant power whose position has begun to be contested, and a rising challenger trying to exploit the situation. More specifically, the rise of Islamic State appears directly connected to the material and symbolic crisis of the system of governance established by Katiba Macina in the area under its control. As the result of a process that cuts across various developments in the recent history of Mali, the conflict between the two jihadist movements threatens to unlock a new and more violent phase in Mali’s longstanding crisis.

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萨赫勒例外的终结：基地组织和伊斯兰国在马里中部发生冲突

摘要 直到 2020 年初，就圣战分子之间的国际竞争而言，萨赫勒地区还是一个例外。当涉及基地组织支持者和伊斯兰国附属者的暴力冲突被记录在马里中部时，这种情况就结束了。Katiba Macina 与位于尼日尔三角洲大撒哈拉沙漠的伊斯兰国之间发生的暴力升级，应该被描述为一场地位已开始争夺的主导力量与试图利用这一局势的崛起挑战者之间的战斗。更具体地说，伊斯兰国的崛起似乎与卡蒂巴·马西纳在其控制地区建立的治理体系的物质和象征性危机直接相关。作为跨越马里近代历史上各种发展的进程的结果，