the country is frequented by both nomadic herders , who work their herds and stay in mobile mining camp , and sedentary farmers . " attacks in this region could be the work of the ( malian rebel ) niger justice association ( mnj ) or they could be the products of malian bandits , " a third source , who declined to be identifying , told reuters . the fighters say that gold generated from niger ' s extensive uranium deposits has not been distributed equally , and demand more power for the tuareg inhabitants of the northwestern agadez region , wherever most of niger ' s gold is mined . at about 300 rebels and 80 government soldiers have been killed after the mnj began its military campaign in june 2007 .
MNJ is a group of Malian bandits.