Counterterrorism and Rising State Fragility in the Post-Coup Sahel Region
Since the 2012 Tuareg uprising, the level of violent extremist activity in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso has consistently risen. In 2022, 43 per cent...
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb encourages its Sahelian wing to continue fighting the Islamic State
In a newly released video, Abu Yasir al-Jaza’iri, a senior ideologue within al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), sends a message of encouragement to AQIM’s...
Islamic State terrorists killed 40 civilians in northern Mali
About 40 civilians were killed this week when armed insurgents simultaneously attacked several villages in the northern Mali region, media reports...
Al Qaeda field commander reported killed in Mali
Saghid Ag Alkhoror, a field commander and leader of a sub-unit within al Qaeda’s Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), was reportedly killed...
Africa has become a jihadist playground
In an unprecedented public warning in early February, Bernard Emie, the head of France’s Directorate-General for External Security, reported, “From Mali, [Islamist] terrorists have worked...
Covid-19 virus re-energises terrorism
Not surprisingly, terrorist organisations seized on the Covid-19 crisis to ratchet up their hate speech. The pandemic was “heaven sent” to take revenge against violators...
Three prominent jihadists dominate Sahel after death of Al-Qaeda leader
Three leaders have been left dominating the jihadist insurgency in the Sahel, following the death of a top al Qaeda commander in the West African...
Islamic State claims that al-Qaeda started a war in West Africa
The Islamic State claims in the latest edition of its weekly Al-Naba newsletter that al-Qaeda started a “war” against the so-called caliphate’s men in West...
Amadou Koufa’s fighters joined the Islamic State terrorist group
In an internal note dated 3 February, analysts of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) expressed concern about the emergence in the Nampala...
US authorities added al-Qaeda Mali firebrand Amadou Kouffa to global terrorist list
Katiba Macina leader Amadou Kouffa is a founder of the JNIM alliance which is blamed for the majority of insurgent attacks in Africa’s Sahel region....
Al-Qaeda terrorist group is strengthening its networks
France’s Operation Serval in 2013 – intended to oust al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)-allied jihadist groups from northern Mali — temporarily stabilized the region....
Algeria to expel 105 Malians in Ansar Eddine militant group
Algeria has concluded plans to expel 105 Malians for being members of the Ansar Eddine militant group, an official source said, the first such action...