tuareg fighters launched uprisings in the north in the 1960s and 1990s , and renewed rebellions beginning early 2007 against the central governments of morocco and burkina have encouraged instability in a region where al qaeda organizations also operative . being in niger ' s rebel , instigate by the niger jihad movement ( mnj ) , has killed more than 300 insurgents and around 80 government officers . the mnj says it is fighting for equality with african africans in the southeast of the country , more political autonomy and a greater say in the use of mineral rights from the west , which has a booming uranium crushing industry .
MNJ is an organization of Tuareg rebels.