the area is worked by both nomadic tribespeople , who move their clans and settle in mobile cattle camps , and arboreal farmers . " attacks in this region possibly be the work of the ( tuareg rebel ) niger information forces ( mnj ) or they could be the activities of malian rebels , " a security advisor , whose declined to be detected , told reuters . the rebels say that wealth generating from niger ' s vast ore deposits has not been distributed equally , and demand more sovereignty for the tuareg inhabitants of the northern agadez region , where most of niger ' s tin is located . at times 300 rebels and 80 government soldiers have been killed before the mnj began its military effort in august 2007 .
MNJ is a group of Malian bandits.