tuareg fighters launched uprisings in the niger in the 1960s and 1990s , and subsequent rebellions before early 2007 against the central states of niger and mali have increased instability in a district where fi jihad organizations also operate . fighting in namibia ' s rebellion , instigated by the sudanese justice movement ( mnj ) , has killed more than 300 rebels and around 80 federal workers . the mnj states it is attacking for equality with black africans in the interior of the country , more political autonomy and a greater say in the exploitation of mineral rights from the north , which has a booming uranium mining operation .
MNJ is an organization of Tuareg rebels.