Tag: AQIM
ISS: Hard counter-terrorism lessons from the Sahel for West Africa’s coastal...
Violent extremist groups are no longer confined to the Sahelian states of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Chad. Their threat is spilling over...
By the numbers: terrorism in Africa
A United Nations peacekeeping mission battles al-Qaida-linked extremists and others in Mali. The African Union Mission in Somalia holds al-Shabaab militants at bay. Nigeria...
Al Qaeda trying to regroup in Tunisia after Islamic State setbacks
The killing of a senior Algerian militant by special forces soon after he slipped into Tunisia has raised concern that al Qaeda...
Three U.N. peacekeepers, one Malian soldier killed during joint operation
Three United Nations peacekeepers and one Malian soldier were killed and several others were wounded on Friday in an attack by unidentified...
ISS: Africa can’t get counter-terrorism wrong again
By any measure, Africa's fight against terrorism has been a failure.
Since it launched the fight in earnest nearly three decades ago in...
Al Qaeda branch rallies jihadists to join forces after Mali merger
The merger of Mali's main jihadist groups earlier this month was endorsed on Friday by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM),...
Algeria army kills five Islamist fighters – defence ministry
Algerian troops killed five armed Islamist militants and seized weapons, munitions and food supplies on Thursday in an ongoing operation east of...
West African troops join up in hunt for militants in Sahel...
The troops joined up at midday on a patch of cracked earth where Mali and Niger meet. Nothing marked the spot, beyond...
UN chief wants Mali peacekeeping force increased by 2 500
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the Security Council to add just over 2,500 peacekeepers to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in...
Ivory Coast arrests man suspected of link to Grand Bassam hotel...
Ivory Coast authorities arrested a man on Thursday suspected of transporting weapons for an attack that killed 19 people at the beach...
Why do they join? Understanding Islamist radicalization and recruitment in Africa
His name was Seifeddine Rezqui, a 23-year-old engineering student from the rather ordinary town of Gaafour, 50 miles from Tunisia's capital, Tunis....
Mali reports arrest of Islamist suspected of series of attacks
Authorities in Mali said on Friday they had arrested a member of a group linked to al Qaeda that has claimed responsibility...
Ivory Coast arrests 15, seeks leader of al Qaeda beach attack
Ivory Coast authorities have arrested 15 people in connection with an attack claimed by al Qaeda that killed 19 people at a...
Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for attack on Algerian gas plant
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility for Friday's rocket-propelled grenade attack on an Algerian gas plant operated by Norway's...
U.S. military restricts travel to West Africa, notes recent attacks
The Pentagon on Wednesday restricted U.S. service members' travel to five West African countries, citing recent militant attacks in the region, U.S....
Al Qaeda attack will not derail Ivory Coast revival: president
President Alassane Ouattara vowed on Wednesday that an al Qaeda-claimed attack on an Ivory Coast beach resort that killed 19 people would...
France to station new force in West Africa over militant attacks
France is to station a force of gendarmes in the capital of Burkina Faso to react swiftly in the event of another...
In Senegal, a beach town wakes up to Islamist threat
Two days after al Qaeda gunman shot dead 18 people on an Ivory Coast beach, tourists strolled nonchalantly down a similar stretch...
Al Qaeda gunmen kill 16 in Ivory Coast beach attack
Gunmen from al Qaeda's North African branch killed 16 people, including four Europeans, at a beach resort town in Ivory Coast on...
Algerian army kills three suspected militants, seizes anti-aircraft missiles
Algeria's army said on Friday it had killed three Islamist militants near the eastern city of El Oued and seized a large...
West Africa’s Sahel nations to set up anti-Islamist units
Defence ministers from West Africa's arid Sahel region have agreed to work together to establish special rapid reaction forces to counter the...
Al Qaeda leaders made plans for Mauritanian peace deal – documents
Al Qaeda leaders discussed a plan in 2010 to arrange a peace deal with the government of Mauritania, according to documents seized...
U.S. commander sees al Qaeda Africa group strengthening
Two high-profile strikes in West Africa since November by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) could further strengthen the Islamist militant...
Obama to propose $200 million to battle Islamist militants in Africa
President Barack Obama is proposing about $200 million (£138 million) in new military spending to confront Islamist militants in north and west...
U.S. military seeks to prepare Africa for shifting terror threat
African forces began a U.S.-led counter-terrorism training programme in Senegal on Monday amid what a U.S. commander said were rising signs of...
Al Qaeda group releases video of Swiss hostage: monitor
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) released a video of a Swiss nun who had been kidnapped in northern Mali nearly...
Mauritanian fugitive linked to al Qaeda arrested in Guinea
Guinea said on Thursday it had arrested a death row fugitive with links to al Qaeda near the border with Guinea Bissau...
Al Qaeda attack dents Burkina Faso’s hopes of recovery
When Burkina Faso swore in its first new president in decades last month, many people hoped the democratic transition would pave the...
Three attackers from Burkina al Qaeda assault still at large
Three suspected al Qaeda attackers involved in an assault on a hotel and cafe in Burkina Faso's capital that killed 30 people...
Burkina Faso’s long night of horror in killing spree by militants
When Burkina Faso anti-terrorism Commander Evrard Somda arrived with 20 men to start a fight-back against Islamist militants holed up in a...
Al Qaeda names fighters behind attack on Burkina capital
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on Monday identified three fighters it says were responsible for attacks in Burkina Faso's capital...
Burkina Faso and Mali to coordinate forces after deadly attacks
Burkina Faso and Mali have agreed to work together to counter the growing threat of Islamic militants in West Africa by sharing...
AQIM video shows three men purportedly confessing to spying, one shot...
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) released a video on Monday showing three men purportedly confessing to spying for the Mauritanian...
Al Qaeda group says staged Mali hotel attack in joint operation
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said it has joined forces with another militant group and together they staged an attack...
Al Qaeda group says staged Mali hotel attack in joint operation
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said it has joined forces with another militant group and together they staged an attack...
ISS: Strategic shift needed to combat violent extremism in Mali
On 20 November, the Malian capital of Bamako once more became the scene of a terrorist attack. The assault targeted the Radisson...
Mali deepens probe into deadly attack on luxury hotel
Mali said on Sunday that investigators were following "several leads" after 19 people were killed in an attack on a luxury hotel...
Mali deepens probe into deadly attack on luxury hotel
Mali said on Sunday that investigators were following "several leads" after 19 people were killed in an attack on a luxury hotel...
Mali hotel attack puts veteran militant back in spotlight
The deadly attack on a hotel in Mali's capital on Friday claimed by two radical Islamist groups has put veteran militant leader...
Islamist militants kill 19 in attack on hotel in Mali’s capital
Islamist militants killed 19 people in an attack on a top hotel in the capital of Mali before Malian commandos stormed the...
Algeria discovers 18 ammunition caches, seizes explosives
The Algerian army discovered 18 ammunition caches on Thursday in an area where al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the killing of...
Algeria says nine soldiers killed in attack claimed by al Qaeda
At least nine Algerian soldiers were killed when Islamist militants ambushed their patrol west of the capital Algiers last week in one...
French forces kill commander with al Qaeda branch in Mali
France's army confirmed on Tuesday that its special forces had killed a prominent commander with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM),...
Al Qaeda denies reports of militant commander Belmokhtar’s death
Al Qaeda's North Africa branch has denied reports that Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a major figure in insurgencies across North Africa and...
Al Qaeda’s North African wing claims two Algerian attacks
The North African wing of al Qaeda has claimed two attacks on Algerian military and security forces in the east of the...
Al Qaeda’s North African wing claims two Algerian attacks
The North African wing of al Qaeda has claimed two attacks on Algerian military and security forces in the east of the...
France says killed two Islamist chiefs in Sahel region
French special forces operating in Africa's Sahel region have killed two senior Islamist militant commanders, a defence ministry statement said on Wednesday.
The...
Algerian forces kill 22 Islamic State-tied militants
Algerian troops ambushed and killed at least 22 militants allied to Islamic State as they held a meeting east of the capital...
Last French hostage freed by Al Qaeda’s north African arm: Hollande
The last remaining French hostage in the world, who has been held since 2011 by Al Qaeda's north African arm, has been...
Tunisia says it thwarted jihadist attack before elections
Tunisian security forces have arrested a group of Islamist militants, including two women, that planned to carry out attacks in the capital,...
