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Sahara states at odds over Mali rebels
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Witness – Islamist Fighters Execute Tuareg in Mali
Boko Haram kills 20 Christians in Easter Day bombings
Boko Haram has previously stated it seeks “to eradicate Christians” from areas in Nigeria and has attacked churches on religious holidays.
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British couple in dramatic Timbuktu escape
Africa
Global Jihad Sustained Through Africa
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Three senior Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb leaders have been spotted in northern Mali after Tuareg rebels seized control of the area. Abu Zeid, Mukhtar Belmukhtar, and Yahya Abu al Hammam reportedly met with Tuareg leader Iyad Ag Ghaly in Timbuktu.
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Islamists, Al-Qaeda gain ground in troubled Mali
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Kidnap claim shows 2 terror groups now operating in Nigeria’s increasingly violent north
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My 130 days in the hands of al-Qaeda’s African “monsters”, by former hostage
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Al-Qaeda makes ‘alarming’ advances in Yemen, UN envoy warns
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Hostage tragedy: Nigeria is in danger of turning into a blood-soaked African Pakistan
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Blood, Recriminations in Wake of Nigeria Mission
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has reportedly moved a base in Timiaouine in northern Mali to a mountainous area in Algeria. AQIM has relocated due to fighting between Touregs and the Malian government.
Boko Haram plans ‘to eradicate Christians’ from areas in Nigeria
“We will create so much effort to end the Christian presence in our push to have a proper Islamic state that the Christians won’t be able to stay,” a spokesman said.
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The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb splinter group, has demanded a $39 million ransom for three European hostages. The two Spanish nationals and an Italian national were kidnapped in Algeria last October.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb released an Italian aid worker who was kidnapped in Algeria in October 2011, and a Malian gendarme who was kidnapped in December 2011. In exchange, Mali reportedly freed an AQIM operative from Mali known as Abderrahmane Ould Amadou al Azawad.
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Top US General warns of coordination between al-Qaeda-linked African terror groups
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US plans to step up aid to Yemen if conditions are met
Mali
Mali: UN warning over refugees fleeing Tuareg rebellion
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Is an Arab Spring in the air for Algeria?
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Boko Haram exposed: How sect was formed; Training details; Why it is changing tactics
Libya
Insight: Arms and men out of Libya fortify Mali rebellion
Boko Haram aims to topple Nigerian government
The international community is on edge as Nigeria reels from terror attacks by Boko Haram that have killed hundreds in the last few weeks.
Libya
President: Tuareg fighters from Libya stoke violence in Mali
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Al-Qaeda’s hand in Boko Haram’s deadly Nigerian attacks
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Tuaregs Use Qaddafi’s Arms for Rebellion in Mali
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Heavy weapons rattle northern Mali town, thousands flee
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SPECIAL REPORT:Nigeria’s Boko Haram: between rebellion and jihad
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Al Qaeda in northern Africa an “afterthought” no more
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb named Nabil Makhloufi (AKA Nabil Abu Alqama) as its emir of the Sahara Emirate. AQIM’s leadership replaced Yahia Djouadi, the Sahara Emirate’s former emir, as he was considered ineffective.