March 21, 2020
International hostages held captive in western Sahel
SOURCES: MENASTREAMCREDIT: JULES DUHAMEL ...
June 23, 2018
Attacks claimed by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS)
Since its founding in May 2015, the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) has neither created any media wing nor has the Islamic State (Central) media office issued any statements or reports via its newswire Amaq in order to claim responsibility for any military...
April 21, 2017
in Burkina-Faso, Mali
Burkina Faso: Ansaroul Islam prêtera-t-il allégeance à l’État islamique?
Un compte télégramme proche du groupe AQMI et un compte twitter proche de l'État islamique ont rapporté le 13 avril, qu'un groupe jihadiste burkinabè pourrait prêter allégeance (bay'ah) au soi-disant État islamique (EI). Bien que ce groupe n’ait pas été nommé, des informations (considérées...
April 16, 2017
in Burkina-Faso, Mali
Burkina Faso: Ansaroul Islam pledging allegiance to the Islamic State? Maybe or maybe not..
On Thursday April 13, 2017, a pro-AQIM account on telegram and a pro-ISIS account on twitter respectively reported that a Burkinabe jihadist group possibly would pledge allegiance (bay'ah) to the Islamic State, the group was not mentioned by name, although it is believed that the...
January 3, 2017
in Burkina-Faso
Burkina Faso: The jihadist threat continuously rising in the far north – A new Ansar Dine branch in gestation, Ansaroul Islam?
From targeted killings to complex attack - The Irchad network Recent months have seen a significant increase in incidents of suspected jihadist activity in the Soum Province of Burkina Faso's far north. Spillover from the Mali conflict in the border areas is nothing new, but the...
November 1, 2016
MENASTREAM – Sahel Report for October 2016
Security-related incidents and key developments October has been a violent month in northern and central Mali on a similar level as previous month, although there was a notable increase in more complex attacks, with attacks and activity recorded in zones pertaining to AQIM, Ansar Dine and...