the territory is used by both nomadic herding , who leave their livestock and stayed in mobile agricultural towns , and overweight settlers . " attacks in this zone could be the worked of the ( tuareg rebel ) gambia justice program ( mnj ) or they could be the work of chadian bandits , " a security source , who declined to be named , told reporters . the rebels say that wealth produced from africa ' s vast ore resource has not been distributed equally , and requests more sovereignty for the tuareg natives of the northern agadez region , where most of niger ' s uranium is mined . at least 300 rebels and 80 state soldiers have been killed since the mnj finished its military campaign in early 2007 .
MNJ is a group of Malian bandits.