In a previously unpublished "proof of life" video named "Appeal of the detainees", dated October 1, 2017 by Al-Zallaqa, the media wing of Jama'ah Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) - Malian soldiers held in captivity by the group, appeal to the Malian people, the Malian government...
Early on Sunday morning, an attack by unknown gunmen targeted a Malian army position in Almoustarat, located in the Tilemsi Valley, Gao Region, about 150km north of the regional capital Gao. The assailants cut off the local telephone network hampering communications from the village and also...
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...
Leading figures gathered for the announcement of the merger into Jama’at Nusrat ul-Islam wal-Muslimin (screen capture from the video released by al-Zaleqa Foundation for Media Productions) By Héni Nsaibia In the midst of a faltering peace process in Mali that are characterized by quarrels and cleavages...
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...
Three recently published videos announced the formation of a new Fulani armed group active in the areas of Ansongo, Fafa and Haïre. The group is described as non-jihadist and non-separatist, thus recognizing the Malian state and does not claim any territory. It has a secular...
"Mastermind" of Grand-Bassam shootings On January 11, RFI reported that one of the commanders who directed the Grand-Bassam attack in Ivory Coast on March 13, 2016 had been arrested near Gossi, in the region of Gao between January 9 and 10 by French Barkhane forces. In...
AQIM's Al-Andalus Media released a 22m31sec high quality video focusing on spies, or as described 'traitors', locals providing intelligence to French (Barkhane)-, Malian-, Mauritanian- and MINUSMA forces. A previous video on the subject was released on December 7, 2015 entitled 'Traitors', thus making this release the...
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...
Approximate location of the attack On the evening of October 10, around 20h00 local time, a suicide bomber targeted a Swedish MINUSMA patrol in the town of Timbuktu. While the patrol was conducting a routine mission an unidentified man approached the patrol and detonated an explosive...