isnblog.ethz.ch
| 3 months ago
Northern Mali indirectly in the hands of AQIM. In April 2012, after the cities of Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal had fallen, the Tuareg rebellion group National Movement for Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) unilaterally proclaimed the secession of the ...
laurencedl.com
| 3 months ago
The situation in Mali leading to this declaration has already been the subject of media coverage, which seems to have been drawing a connection between the Tuareg insurgency and jihadism. However, Tuareg ... control of Northern Mali. The group
bbs.clutchfans.net
| 3 months ago
Two Malian jihadi groups, and the predominantly-Algerian al-Qaeda in the Mahgreb, seized the north, driving out Tuareg fighters, destroying Timbuktu's ancient shrines and imposing harsh Sharia (Islamic) rule. Hundreds of thousands have ...
www.phantomreport.com
| 3 months ago
The presence of Islamic extremists in North Africa's greater Sahel region, bordered by Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger, has contributed to destabilising the area. Tuareg rebels have declared their own state, Azawad, in the northern
www.siawi.org
| 3 months ago
Taking advantage of the situation, Tuareg rebels alongside the Al-Qaeda linked group Ansar Dine seized control of Mali's north, claiming the new state of Azawad. A weakened and ... The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
www.eurasiareview.com
| 3 months ago
Founded in Algeria, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is a Sunni group that is largely responsible for the renewal of Islamic insurgency in North Africa. It was previously known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, though a ...
