Boko HaramThe group Jama’atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad, known as Boko Haram, is an extremist Islamic group in Nigeria that has engaged in guerrilla warfare across the north of Nigeria since 2002. On 07 March 2015, Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS). TRAC Insight: Implications of Boko Haram's Pledge of Allegiance to the Islamic StateThe Split with Islamic StateHowever, by 03 August 2016, the Islamic State (IS) from ash Sham announced that Habib Yusuf (aka Abu Musab al-Barnawi) was the new Wali (governor) of the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA). This announcement effectively split what was once the Boko Haram powerhouse into two camps:Habib Yusuf (aka Abu Musab al-Barnawi) Islamic State West Africa (ISWA) and Abubakar Shekau's original Boko Haram faction Boko Haram (Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad - JAS).THE IS DECISION TO SPLIT CAME PUBLICLYThe 03 August…
Boko Haram (Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad - JAS)
Associated Groups
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al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) - (Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (see separate entry)
SUPPORTED CAUSE; al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) - (Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (see separate entry) is also known as Al-Qaida Committee in the Islamic Maghreb, Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, al Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qa’eda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPC), al Qaeda fo Bilad al Maghrib al Islami, Belmokhtar Group (BG), Tanzim al-Qaeda bi Balad al Maghrib al Islami (AQIM), AQLIM, AQIM. -
Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan (JAMBS - Ansaru)
ALLY (SUSPECTED); Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan (JAMBS - Ansaru) is also known as Ansaru, Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa, Helpers of Muslims in Africa -- out dated translation, Abu Usamatul Ansar, Musslimeen in the Land of Sudan, al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel -- suspected alias, Ansorul-Muslimiin. -
Uamsho Group
SUPPORTING GROUP; Uamsho Group is also known as Awakening, Association for Islamic Mobilisation and Propagation, Jumiki, Jumuiya ya Uamsho na Miadhara ya Kiislam. -
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Boko Haram (ISWAP) and ISIS: two of a kind?
The narrator (Shekau) says:“... announce our allegiance to the Caliph of the Muslims…and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity, in hardship and ease, and to endure being... -
Islamic State (ISIS) Trajectory in Africa
Map showing people killed in Jihadist attacks on African ContinentSource: Economist (November 2015) ISIS presence and expansion in Africa is present at two distinct layers:The first layer is a... -
2016 TRAC African Threat Assessment
What does a weakened ISIS means? If we are referring to the loss of territory as the only criteria used to assess ISIS strength and resilience, then the question has relevance. ISIS, however, is more... -
The Islamic State (ISIS) and CBRN Weapons
THE OMINOUS MANIFESTOIn March 2014, the home of an high-ranking Islamic State cabinet member named Abu Kassem was raided by Iraqi Special Forces. A portion of a grandiose manifesto, the 100-Year Plan...
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