Bradley Mortin, a political scientist: "In the Sahel, jihadist and criminal groups partly finance their activities through lithium extraction."
While Africa produces only around 15% of the world's lithium, the continent saw the largest increase in production of the ore in 2025. The researcher estimates, in an interview with “Le Monde”, that this resource is turning into a new channel for financing terrorism.
We haven't written up this one. Le Monde Economie has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
