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AFRICA’S ACTIVE MILITANT ISLAMIST GROUPS LIBYA • Ansar al Sharia Libya (ASL) – Benghazi • Ansar al Sharia Libya (ASL) – Derna • Wilayat Fezzan (a.k.a. Fezzan Province) • Wilayat Barqa (a.k.a. Cyrenaica Province; f.k.a. Majlis Shura Shabab al Islam) • Wilayat Tarabulus (a.k.a. Tripoli Province) TUNISIA • Shabab al Tawhid (a.k.a. Ansar al Sharia Tunisia (AST)) • Okba ibn Nafaa Brigade • Soldiers of the Caliphate (a.k.a. Jund al Khilafah) EGYPT • Ajnad Misr • Ansar Beit al Maqdis (ABM) (a.k.a. Wilayat Sinai) KENYA • Al Hijra (f.k.a. Muslim Youth Center) • Al Muhajiroun (a.k.a. Emigrants of East Africa) NIGERIA • Boko Haram (a.k.a. Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyah) MALI/BURKINA FASO/NIGER • AQIM (a.k.a. the Sahara Emirate) • Al Mourabitoun • Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) • Ansar Dine • Macina Liberation Front (FLM) • Islamic State in the Greater Sahara ALGERIA • Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) SOMALIA • Al Shabaab • Jahba East Africa Updated: November 2016 Note: Compiled by the Africa Center, this graphic shows violent events involving the listed groups over the 12-month period ending October 31, 2016. Group listings are intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered official designations. Due to the fluid nature of many groups, the listed affiliations may change. Sources: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED); Daniel Byman; Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre; Thomas Joscelyn; SITE Intelligence Group; The Soufan Group; Stanford University’s Mapping Militants Project; Stratfor; Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC); and Aaron Y. Zelin. 20000 15000 10000 5000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 AQ AQIM Al Shabaab Sinai Groups ISIS BH FATALITIES IN AFRICA BY YEAR 0 Al Qaeda-linked groups AQIM and affiliates Al Shabaab and affiliates Unidentified/unaffiliated groups Sinai-focused groups Boko Haram ISIS “a.k.a.” = also known as “f.k.a.” = formerly known as ATTACKS South Sudan Sudan Ethiopia Eritrea Central African Republic Chad Cameroon Burkina Faso Niger Mauritania Morocco Ghana Côte d’ Ivoire Uganda Tanzania
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AFRICA’S ACTIVE MILITANT ISLAMIST GROUPS
MALI• AQIM (a.k.a. the Sahara Emirate)• Al Mourabitoun• Movement for Unity and Jihad
in West Africa (MUJAO)• Ansar Dine• Macina Liberation Front (FLM)
ALGERIA• Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
TUNISIA• Okba ibn Nafaa Brigade• Mujahideen Tunisia Kairouan• Soldiers of the Caliphate
(a.k.a. Jund al Khilafah)
LIBYA• Ansar al Sharia Libya (ASL) – Benghazi• Ansar al Sharia Libya (ASL) – Derna• Abu Salim Martyrs Brigade (ASMB)• Ajdabiya Revolutionaries Shura Council (ARSC)• Wilayat Fezzan (a.k.a. Fezzan Province)• Wilayat Barqa (a.k.a. Cyrenaica Province; f.k.a.
Majlis Shura Shabab al Islam)• Wilayat Tarabulus (a.k.a. Tripoli Province)
EGYPT• Ajnad Misr• Ansar Beit al Maqdis (ABM) (a.k.a.
Wilayat Sinai)
ATTACKS Al Qaeda-linked groups Sinai-focused groups
Boko Haram ISIS
“a.k.a.” = also known as“f.k.a.” = formerly known as
SOMALIA• Al Shabaab• Jahba East Africa
KENYA• Al Hijra (f.k.a. Muslim Youth Center)
NIGERIA• Boko Haram (a.k.a. Wilayat Gharb
Afriqiyah)
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FATALITIES IN AFRICA BY YEAR
AFRICA’S ACTIVE MILITANT ISLAMIST GROUPSLIBYA• Ansar al Sharia Libya (ASL) – Benghazi• Ansar al Sharia Libya (ASL) – Derna• Wilayat Fezzan (a.k.a. Fezzan Province)• Wilayat Barqa (a.k.a. Cyrenaica Province; f.k.a.
Majlis Shura Shabab al Islam)• Wilayat Tarabulus (a.k.a. Tripoli Province)
TUNISIA• Shabab al Tawhid (a.k.a. Ansar al Sharia Tunisia (AST))
• Okba ibn Nafaa Brigade• Soldiers of the Caliphate (a.k.a. Jund al Khilafah)
EGYPT• Ajnad Misr• Ansar Beit al Maqdis (ABM)
(a.k.a. Wilayat Sinai)
KENYA• Al Hijra (f.k.a. Muslim Youth Center)• Al Muhajiroun (a.k.a. Emigrants of East Africa)
NIGERIA• Boko Haram (a.k.a. Wilayat
Gharb Afriqiyah)
MALI/BURKINA FASO/NIGER• AQIM (a.k.a. the Sahara
Emirate)• Al Mourabitoun• Movement for Unity and Jihad in
West Africa (MUJAO)• Ansar Dine• Macina Liberation Front (FLM)• Islamic State in the Greater
Sahara
ALGERIA• Al Qaeda in the Islamic
Maghreb (AQIM)
SOMALIA• Al Shabaab• Jahba East Africa
Updated: November 2016Note: Compiled by the Africa Center, this graphic shows violent events involving the listed groups over the 12-month period ending October 31, 2016. Group listings are intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered o�cial designations. Due to the �uid nature of many groups, the listed a�liations may change.Sources: Armed Con�ict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED); Daniel Byman; Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre; Thomas Joscelyn; SITE Intelligence Group; The Soufan Group; Stanford University’s Mapping Militants Project; Stratfor; Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC); and Aaron Y. Zelin.
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Sinai-focused groups
Boko Haram ISIS
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ATTACKS
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Uganda
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