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The Sahara branch of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), also known as the Sahara Emirate, confirmed the death of Oumar Ould Hamaha in a recently released video. Until his death, Hamaha was the ...

Violent extremist organizations have expanded their ambitions, capacities, and geographical reach into the Sahel and West Africa, extending an Arc of Instability ...

the head of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s operations in the Sahel region of North Africa. Conflicting reports have emerged over the recent claim by Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno that top al ...

MUJAO split from AQIM in October 2011, following accusations that AQIM was too dominated by Arab ... a reference to the Almoravid empire that burst forth from the Sahara in the medieval period and ...

West Africa also has its fair share of security threats. They exist mainly in form of Islamic terrorists such as Boko Haram, Ansaru, Al Qaeda in the Maghrib, AQIM, and quasi-Janjaweed groups such as ...

The group quickly emerged around a core of Ifoghas Tuareg and longtime companions of Ag Ghali, eventually picking up support from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). It quickly emerged as an ...