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Africa
*OSINT Summary: Shabab reportedly seeks front in Somalia's Puntland
Unverified media reports from Somalia on 10 April claimed that senior Shabab commander Sheikh Fuad Muhammad Khalaf (alias Shangole) had travelled to the Galgala ...
25-Apr-2012
*OSINT Summary: Islamist militants hijack the MNLA's Mali revolution
Unverified reports from Mali's Timbuktou region on 16 April claimed that representatives of militant Islamist group Harakat Ansar al-Din had recently met with senior ...
20-Apr-2012
*Somalia's clan dynamics
Somalia's clans have played an important role in the campaigns waged by jihadist groups operating in the country, from Al-Ittihad al-Islamiyya (AIAI) in the 1990s,...
18-Apr-2012
*OSINT Summary: AQIM claims kidnapping in Nigeria's Kano
Suspected Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) militants claimed responsibility on 21 March for the kidnapping of a German national, Edgar Fritz Raupach, from ...
28-Mar-2012
*OSINT Summary: US jihadist fears for life at hands of Shabab
In a short video published on YouTube on 16 March, US national Omar Hammami (alias Abu Mansur al-Amriki) - the most high-profile foreign commander ...
26-Mar-2012
*OSINT Summary: Nigerien authorities detain former Tuareg rebel leader
Nigerien police sources claimed on 21 March that former Mouvement des Nigeriéns pour la Justice (MNJ) leader Aghaly ag Alambo had been detained "on ...
22-Mar-2012
*OSINT Summary: Somali gunmen release British woman abducted from Kenya
British national Judith Tebbutt, abducted by unidentified gunmen from a tourist resort in northern Kenya on 11 September 2011, was released unharmed on 21 ...
22-Mar-2012
*OSINT Summary: Senior FDLR commander surrenders in DRC
The commander of the 2nd Battalion of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda: FDLR), Idrissa Muradadi, ...
15-Mar-2012
*JTIC Brief: MEND remnants announce new Niger Delta campaign
Five Marine Police officers were killed in a small-arms attack on a security checkpoint in the Nembe Creek area of Nigeria's Bayelsa State on ...
08-Mar-2012
*OSINT Summary: SSDM/A announces ceasefire in South Sudan
On 27 February, the South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army (SSDM/A) formally accepted a government amnesty, which was offered following South Sudan's independence in July 2011, ...
29-Feb-2012
*OSINT Summary: Shabab accused of forcibly recruiting children
A 22 February Human Rights Watch report accused the Shabab of recruiting child soldiers on a scale previously unseen in Somalia. Citing refugees in ...
23-Feb-2012
*OSINT Summary: Boko Haram's split personalities
In a video aired by the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) on 7 February 2012, two purported Boko Haram militants - unusually speaking English rather ...
09-Feb-2012
OSINT Summary: South Sudan militants threaten country's oil exports
A South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA) statement, purportedly issued jointly with its ally, the South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army (SSDM/A), warned foreign oil companies on ...
02-Feb-2012
*OSINT Summary: Purported Boko Haram splinter group emerges in Nigeria
A Boko Haram splinter group, identifying itself as Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan (Partisans of Muslims in Black Africa), appears to have emerged in ...
01-Feb-2012
*Shabab's spying game
Over the past year, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has announced a series of defections of fighters from Islamist militant group the Shabab. Such defections...
26-Jan-2012
OSINT Summary: Tuareg militant offensive in Mali
Ethnic Tuareg militant group, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (Mouvement National pour la Libération de l'Azawad: MNLA), formed in October 2011, ...
19-Jan-2012
*OSINT Summary: Shabab commander declares jihad against Kenya
The Shabab's media wing Al-Kataib posted a video on militant Islamist forums on 7 January, entitled If they seek help in the name of...
11-Jan-2012
OSINT Summary: Leader of JEM rebel group is killed in Sudan
Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim died on 21 December 2011 from injuries sustained during an armed clash with Sudanese security forces, ...
04-Jan-2012
*Mali's abduction angst
A recent upsurge in kidnappings in the Sahel-Sahara region could destabilise Mali if it results in a major crackdown at a time when the Tuareg...
23-Dec-2011
*Boko Haram names political 'sponsors'
Recent allegations that Nigerian politicians have sponsored the militant group known as Boko Haram ostensibly suggest the violence in northeast Nigeria is a by-product of...
20-Dec-2011
Al-Qaeda urges regime change across the Maghreb
Al-Qaeda's leaders addressed the political situation throughout North Africa in two videos released in quick succession during October. Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri congratulated Libyans...
04-Nov-2011
*Kenya tackles the Shabab
The Somali militant Islamist group Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen has threatened "severe repercussions" for Kenya after the country launched a major military operation into southern Somalia...
02-Nov-2011
*US jihadist's recruit call
Abu Mansur al-Amriki, the most high-profile foreigner fighting with the Somali jihadist group Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen, released an audio recording in which he tried to...
26-Oct-2011
*Scholarship hopefuls die in Mogadishu attack
Somalian jihadist group the Shabab has claimed responsibility for its first major attack in Mogadishu since it withdrew its militia from the capital in ...
10-Oct-2011
*Country briefing - Nigeria: September 2010 to August 2011
Operational tempo (IHS Jane's) Between 1 September 2010 and 31 August 2011, Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre (JTIC) recorded 191 damaging...
05-Oct-2011
*Boko Haram off message
More claims have emerged that the Nigerian group known as Boko Haram has established links with Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists operating elsewhere in Africa. However, unlike those...
30-Sep-2011
ONLF attack claims denied
The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), which claims to fight on behalf of the ethnic Somali Ogaden people of eastern Ethiopia, released a statement ...
09-Sep-2011
Abuja bombing suspect pinpointed
Nigerian authorities have identified the mastermind behind the 27 August vehicle suicide bombing at the main UN building in Abuja. The attack killed 23...
09-Sep-2011
*Retreat from Mogadishu
In a significant milestone for Somalia's conflict, Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen quietly abandoned its frontline positions in Mogadishu and slipped away on the night of 5...
23-Aug-2011
*Lords of war
The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) sporadically carries out attacks that belie its reputation as a group of ragtag bandits that is led by a madman...
19-Aug-2011
*AQIM swears allegiance to Zawahiri
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) swore allegiance to the new Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in an audio recording released on jihadist websites on 7...
01-Aug-2011
*French Afghanistan withdrawal offers hostages hope
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23 June announcement of a "gradual withdrawal" of his country's forces from Afghanistan could pave the way for the release ...
08-Jul-2011
*Fazul meets with a 'just end' in Somalia
Africa's most wanted terrorist, the Comoros-born Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (alias Harun) was killed by chance in Somalia on 8 June, when his car was ...
08-Jul-2011
*Boko Haram turns up heat
The Nigerian militant group, popularly known as Boko Haram, is growing in confidence as it diversifies its tactics and expands its area of operations. It...
07-Jul-2011
*Shabab identifies US suicide bomber
On 1 June, the Somali jihadist group the Shabab identified the suicide bomber who attacked African Union (AU) soldiers on 30 May as Somali-American ...
10-Jun-2011
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