Tag: AQIM

Niger mourns 28 soldiers killed by militants near Mali

May 16, 2019

Militants have killed 28 Nigerien soldiers in an ambush near the border with Mali, Niger government said. Earlier reports have announced that 17 soldiers were ... Read More

Tunisia: Four siblings handed 51 years in prison on terrorism charges

May 14, 2019

A court in Tunisia has pressed 48 years in prison against three brothers on terrorism charges and handed a three-year prison sentence to their sister ... Read More

U.S. Confirms Killing Eleven AQIM Terrorists in Airstrike in South Libya

December 3, 2018

The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) has confirmed that eleven al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) terrorists were killed in “a precision airstrike”, conducted near Al ... Read More

Algeria has Long Way to Go to Counter Terrorism Financing- U.S. Report

September 21, 2018

The scale of the informal market in Algeria dominated by cash transactions make it hard to counter terrorism financing, the U.S. department of state said ... Read More

Polisario Member Leads Terrorist Group Responsible for Killing US, Nigerian Soldiers in Sahel

May 12, 2018

“The group that claimed responsibility for the killing of four US and four Nigerian soldiers in Western Niger last October is led by Polisario member ... Read More

Libya: US Airstrikes Kill Top Al Qaeda Commander

March 29, 2018

The US conducted an airstrike that killed a senior leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in war-ravaged Libya, the Pentagon said. The ... Read More

Libya: Pentagon Strikes Jihadists with Drone

March 26, 2018

The US Army launched this weekend a drone strike targeting jihadists in southern Libya. According to the US military’s Africa Command, the attack killed two ... Read More

AQIM Confirms Death of Senior Leader in Algeria

February 6, 2018

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) confirmed that the Algerian army has killed one of its senior officials, Adel Seghiri also known as Abu Ruwaha ... Read More

Tunisian Security Forces Kill Senior Al Qaida Leader in Maghreb

January 22, 2018

Bilel Kobi, a senior Al Qaida member in North Africa on the run from Algerian authorities for two and a half decade, was killed in ... Read More

French Magazine Highlights Algeria’s Role in Perpetuating Sahara Dispute

November 20, 2017

Algeria's role in creating, funding and backing the Polisario separatists was highlighted in a detailed article by French magazine, L'incorrect, which sheds lights on facets ... Read More