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From 2017 to 2023, JNIM was responsible for more than half of violent events across the Sahel region, notably due to increased capabilities in using roadside bombs, mortars, landmines and rockets. It had its most violent interactions with
Burkina Fasoâs military (1,762 times) and the Malian army (945
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On 29 March 2021, a force of about 100 members raided a camp of UN Peacekeepers in
Northern Mali, approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the Algerian border. Four of the Chadian Peacekeepers were killed in the assault, and 34 wounded. Initial reports suggested that approximately 20 of the
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The French government declared that 50 jihadists linked to the al-Qaeda group were killed in central Mali during an operation launched by the French anti-jihadist
Barkhane force on 30 October 2020. The French force also confiscated arms and material and captured four of the jihadists live, as per
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In June 2024, JNIM fighters claimed to have killed more than 100 soldiers at an army base in the northern region of
Mansila near Niger. Security analysts said it was one of the deadliest attacks on government forces ever in the region. JNIM also claimed to have captured seven soldiers and seized
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serves as an opponent to JNIM and while it does not have the same strength and capabilities of JNIM, it is similar to JNIM and the strategy it uses. Ghaly has stated that JNIMâs strategy is to expand its presence across West Africa and train militants to fight against the groupâs enemies while
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971:. The French authorities also confirmed the death of a key JNIM leader Bah ag Moussa with four of his group. He was in charge of terrorist operations and training new extremist recruits. France has deployed more than 5,000 troops in the Sahel region to combat insurgents.
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appeasing local communities by giving them material resources and signing local agreements. JNIM regularly attacks French, multinational, and local security forces in West Africa, as well as local and foreign civilians in the region.
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jihadists had been killed, a number that was later revised to 40, including
Abdallaye Ag Albaka. Ag Albaka was described as "a right-hand man to Iyad Ag Ghaly", and unofficially as the Number 3 man in the organization.
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932:. On 16 March, Abdelmalek Droukdel released an audio message, approving the union between the groups. On 19 March, Al-Qaeda issued a statement approving the new group and accepting their oath of allegiance.
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1384:"Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin / Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM) -- AQIM, Ansar Dine, Macina Liberation Front & Mourabitounes Coalition - Terrorist Groups - TRAC"
885:, and Abu Abderaham al-Sanhaji appeared in a video declaring the creation of Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin, and their allegiance to al-Qaeda Emir Ayman al-Zawahiri, AQIM's Emir,
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Islamic law."
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1024:. The whole attack lasted for 9 hours and 100+ got killed and wounded. Atleast 15 people got arrested to connections with this attack. JNIM took responsibility through their media.
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1472:"Two leaders of Mali al-Qaeda affiliate put on US terrorism list after attacks"
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1720:"Mali attack: Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM says it was behind morning assault"
1620:"Nearly 200 people dead: What's behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso?"
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1358:"Al Qaeda branch rallies jihadists to join forces after Mali merger"
1264:"Al-Qaeda now has a united front in Africa's troubled Sahel region"
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1569:"Several Dozen Jihadists, Including Commander, Killed in Mali: UN"
1296:"Three Islamic extremist groups of Mali merge, pledge to al-Qaida"
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that killed at least 21 Malian soldiers. Maychou was a native of
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noted that JNIM is the fastest-growing terrorist group globally.
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On 2 March 2017, Iyad Ag Ghaly, Al
Murabitoun's deputy leader,
1744:"The Puzzle of JNIM and Militant Islamist Groups in the Sahel"
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Organisations designated as terrorist by the United Kingdom
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1212:"Iraqi, international co-operation to end terror financing"
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Organizations designated as terrorist by the United States
1670:"Suspected jihadists kill hundreds in Burkina Faso attack"
1326:"The world's centre of terrorism has shifted to the Sahel"
1187:"Examining Extremism: Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin"
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JNIM has formed alliances with local communities and the
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Darya Tarasova; Tim Lister; Avery Schmitz (2024-07-29).
1158:"Un nouveau mouvement djihadiste est né au Burkina Faso"
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Organizations based in Africa designated as terrorist
959:. In 2021, two additional leaders were designated as
1787:"Analysis: Setting the stage for Mali's near future"
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1545:. FirstPost / AP news agency. 14 November 2020.
1517:"French airstrikes kill over 50 people in Mali"
3213:Videos and audio recordings of Osama bin Laden
1769:"Northern Mali clans swear allegiance to JNIM"
1034:Center for Strategic and International Studies
3297:Organizations designated as terrorist by Iraq
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1935:Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
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806:Groupe de soutien à l'islam et aux musulmans
46:Groupe de soutien à l'islam et aux musulmans
3357:Military units and factions of the Mali War
963:: Sidan Ag Hitta and Salem ould Breihmatt.
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1087:"JNIM as a foreign terrorist organization"
924:They also praised killed al-Qaeda leaders
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2956:2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting
1595:"National Counterterrorism Center | FTOs"
18:Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin
3027:Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002âpresent)
1442:"#AlQaeda Central Welcomes Merger Of..."
904:Genealogy of JNIM, showing its roots in
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560:Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002-present)
1411:"2) Message comes 2days after #AQIM..."
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780: Territories under control of JNIM
2931:2015 Garissa University College attack
961:Specially Designated Global Terrorists
2911:2008 Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
2906:2008 Islamabad Danish embassy bombing
1668:Christensen, Sofia (27 August 2024).
1549:from the original on 13 November 2020
1523:from the original on 13 November 2020
786:Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin
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3118:Benevolence International Foundation
2571:Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaysh
526:Movement for the Salvation of Azawad
40:Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin
3089:Al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent
2867:1998 United States embassy bombings
2196:Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri
2052:Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
1100:Pellerin, Mathieu (November 2019).
1068:Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
1041:Africa Center for Strategic Studies
988:Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
823:Support Group for Islam and Muslims
793:
506:Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
3095:Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
2921:2013 Westgate shopping mall attack
1960:Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
1571:. The Defense Post. 6 April 2021.
1482:from the original on July 21, 2019
1390:from the original on 28 March 2017
1364:from the original on 28 March 2017
1306:from the original on 28 March 2017
1302:. Associated Press. 3 March 2017.
1164:from the original on 14 March 2017
856:. Its leaders swore allegiance to
25:
3347:Organizations established in 2017
3248:Saddamâal-Qaeda conspiracy theory
3071:Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
1575:from the original on 10 July 2021
1440:@Terror_Monitor (19 March 2017).
1244:from the original on 7 April 2017
1018:attacked a military training camp
1005:On 25 August 2024, JNIM launched
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2042:Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
1276:from the original on 22 May 2019
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3077:Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
3037:Yemeni civil war (2014âpresent)
2737:Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani
2064:Somali Civil War (2009âpresent)
1930:al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
1750:from the original on 2022-01-25
1236:Buchanan, Elsa (3 April 2017).
1218:from the original on 2021-06-20
1193:from the original on 2022-01-25
1114:from the original on 2020-05-23
854:al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
753:Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
571:Designated as a terrorist group
360:al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
332:al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
138:Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
3002:War in Afghanistan (2001â2021)
2381:Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim
1314:– via Business Standard.
1102:"Armed violence in the Sahara"
935:Two leaders sanctioned by the
180:Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
27:Militant jihadist organisation
1:
3342:2017 establishments in Africa
2916:2013 In Amenas hostage crisis
2566:Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi
2551:Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah
2216:Mohammed Showqi Al-Islambouli
2191:Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi
3322:Rebel groups in Burkina Faso
3173:Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit
3042:Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
2992:Afghan Civil War (1996â2001)
2982:Afghan Civil War (1992â1996)
2977:Afghan Civil War (1989â1992)
2057:Jihadist insurgency in Niger
1975:Ansar al-Sharia (Mauritania)
1409:@Rita_Katz (20 March 2017).
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2946:2016 Grand-Bassam shootings
2926:2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting
2742:Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi
2561:Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari
2291:Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi
2221:Abdukadir Mohamed Abdukadir
1980:Ansar al-Sunna (Mozambique)
1519:. DW.com. 3 November 2020.
316:5,000-6,000 (2024 estimate)
314:2,000-3,000 (2022 estimate)
3373:
3317:Jihadist groups in Algeria
3197:Global Islamic Media Front
3017:War in North-West Pakistan
2891:2004 Madrid train bombings
2386:Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam
2311:Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah
2074:Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
1360:. Reuters. 20 March 2017.
1053:or other ethnic factions.
852:and the Saharan branch of
29:
3263:
3154:FatawÄ of Osama bin Laden
2881:2001 September 11 attacks
2762:Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh
2516:Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad
2391:Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan
2171:Abd al-Rahman al-Maghribi
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2941:2016 Ouagadougou attacks
2936:2015 Bamako hotel attack
2476:Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan
2426:Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali
2186:Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil
995:weapons and ammunition.
967:French Defense Minister
840:formed by the merger of
30:Not to be confused with
2836:Abu Sulayman al-Muhajir
2788:Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri
2727:Mustafa Setmariam Nasar
2692:Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
2656:Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah
2451:Fazul Abdullah Mohammed
2346:Abu Sulayman Al-Jazairi
1945:Macina Liberation Front
1300:Business Standard India
846:Macina Liberation Front
763:Macina Liberation Front
549:Arab Movement of Azawad
150:Macina Liberation Front
3337:Salafi Jihadist groups
3292:Anti-Israeli sentiment
3179:Management of Savagery
3123:Al-Haramain Foundation
3083:Egyptian Islamic Jihad
2830:Abu Omar al-Turkistani
2812:Abu Mohammad al-Julani
2697:Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
2576:Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi
2401:Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan
2296:Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil
1970:Ansar al-Sharia (Mali)
1910:Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya
1879:Islamic fundamentalism
1791:FDD's Long War Journal
1773:FDD's Long War Journal
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805:
782:
564:Northern Mali conflict
76:2 March 2017 â present
3332:Rebel groups in Niger
3111:Charity organizations
3091:(Indian subcontinent)
2901:2007 Algiers bombings
2800:Mahfouz Ould al-Walid
2521:Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki
2406:Abdullah Said al Libi
2092:Militant Islamism in
2069:Boko Haram insurgency
1833:in Sub-Saharan Africa
1793:. September 11, 2023.
1000:Battle of Tinzaouaten
903:
895:Hibatullah Akhundzada
775:
32:Jama'atu Nasril Islam
3327:Rebel groups in Mali
2896:2005 London bombings
2818:Abu Maria al-Qahtani
2806:Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
2794:Abu Ubaidah al-Masri
2677:Mamdouh Mahmud Salim
2591:Abu Khalil al-Madani
2511:Abdelhamid Abou Zeid
2456:Atiyah Abd al-Rahman
2316:Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
1905:Islamic Courts Union
937:US Treasury's office
930:Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
881:, Yahya Abu Hammam,
832:organisation in the
2824:Ahmad Salama Mabruk
2752:Sulaiman Abu Ghaith
2747:Younis al-Mauritani
2732:Abdul Hadi al Iraqi
2661:Abu Muhsin al-Masri
2646:Abdelmalek Droukdel
2506:Farman Ali Shinwari
2496:Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti
2371:Abu Zubair al-Masri
2336:Abu Talha al-Sudani
1775:. January 23, 2023.
941:Malian Armed Forces
887:Abdelmalek Droukdel
496:Non-State Opponents
196:Active regions
2997:Second Chechen War
2951:2016 Bamako attack
2886:2002 Bali bombings
2722:Abu Faraj al-Libbi
2616:Abu Khayr al-Masri
2611:Mokhtar Belmokhtar
2556:Adam Yahiye Gadahn
2546:Abu Yusuf Al-Turki
2531:Abu Khalid al-Suri
2501:Said Ali al-Shihri
2441:Huthaifa al-Batawi
2431:Mohamed Abul-Khair
2331:Abu Yaqub al-Masri
2236:Abu Humam al-Shami
2211:Abu Walid al-Masri
2011:Mokhtar Belmokhtar
2001:Hassan Dahir Aweys
1996:Ali Yassin Mohamed
922:
783:
72:Dates of operation
3279:
3278:
3272:Category:Al-Qaeda
3139:Al Qaeda Handbook
3047:Houthi insurgency
2987:First Chechen War
2972:SovietâAfghan War
2851:
2850:
2601:Abu Firas al-Suri
2581:Nasir al-Wuhayshi
2541:Ahmed Abdi Godane
2486:Abu Yahya al-Libi
2341:Abu Laith al-Libi
2301:Haitham al-Yemeni
2276:Ayman al-Zawahiri
2116:
2115:
1884:Islamic terrorism
1874:Islamic extremism
1831:Militant Islamism
1478:. July 16, 2019.
858:Ayman al-Zawahiri
770:
769:
106:Katiba Salaheddin
16:(Redirected from
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3032:Syrian civil war
3012:Somali Civil War
2757:Abu Anas al-Libi
2707:Riduan Isamuddin
2702:Walid bin Attash
2687:Khalid al-Fawwaz
2621:Ibrahim al-Asiri
2606:Ahmed Refai Taha
2586:Muhsin al-Fadhli
2536:Omar Ould Hamaha
2326:Haitham al-Badri
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2201:Ibrahim al-Banna
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