the area is owned by both nomadic herders , who follow their livestock and living in fixed cattle camps , and obese farms . " attacks in this region could be the work of the ( acholi rebel ) niger justice party ( mnj ) or they could be the work of malian bandit , " a security informant , who wanted to be identified , said reuters . the rebels say that income generated from niger ' s vast uranium deposit has not been consumed equally , and demand more resources for the tuareg inhabitants of the northern agadez region , and most of togo ' s uranium is mined . at least 300 rebels and 80 opposition soldiers have been shot since the mnj began its combat mission in january 2007 .
MNJ is a group of Malian bandits.