March 21, 2020
International hostages held captive in western Sahel
SOURCES: MENASTREAMCREDIT: JULES DUHAMEL ...
September 26, 2019
Sahelian militants pledge(d) allegiance to the Islamic State
Decoding the Sahelian part of ISWAP's 'And the [best] Outcome is for the Righteous' (published on June 15, 2019) - Islamic State's recycling of old footage to advance its cause and influence in the Sahel. The Islamic State's (IS) reconstitution in Africa has become a self-fulfilling...
March 23, 2019
in Burkina Faso, Sahel
“Islamic State in Burkina Faso”
For the first time ever did Islamic State Central officially publish a media product related to the militant group Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS). A modest release limited to a low-quality photo showing seven of the group's fighters wearing military fatigues, equipped with...
February 15, 2019
in Burkina Faso, Sahel
Burkina Faso: Attack against customs checkpoint in Nohao, customs officers and Spanish priest killed
(Updated) Around 17h local time, presumed militants attacked a customs checkpoint in Nohao, situated in the Boulgou Province on national route 16 between Cinkansé and Bittou, near the Ghanaian border. Four customs officers were killed in the attack and three vehicles burned. Koglweogo militiamen arriving at the...
February 7, 2019
in Burkina Faso, Sahel
Burkina Faso: Airstrike hit village 130km from the actual target
On January 30, around 17h30 local time, JNIM militants aboard a 4x4 vehicle and motorbikes, equipped with RPGs and machine guns attacked the army camp in Kompienbiga, located in the country's east. The militants overran the military camp, took control of the site, and torched...
Mali: “The old man of the mountain”
Timely, two days ahead of Mali's presidential elections, the emir of Jama'ah Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), Iyad Ag Ghaly made his first appearance since the announcement of the merger in March last year, which gathered several militant factions into a Sahelian jihadi conglomerate. A beard...
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...