AFRICA’S ACTIVE MILITANT ISLAMIST GROUPS TUNISIA TUNISIA• Shabab al Tawhid (a.k.a. Ansar al LIBYA LIBYA • OkbaSharia ibn Nafaa Tunisia Brigade (AST)) • Ansar al• AnsarSharia al Libya Sharia (ASL) Libya – Benghazi(ASL) – Benghazi • Mujahideen• Okba ibn Tunisia Nafaa KairouanBrigade • Ansar al• AnsarSharia al Libya Sharia (ASL) Libya – Derna(ASL) – Derna • Soldiers• Soldiers of the of Caliphate the Caliphate (a.k.a. • Abu Salim• Wilayat Martyrs Fezzan Brigade (a.k.a. (ASMB) Fezzan Province) (a.k.a.Jund Jund al al Khilafah) Khilafah) • Ajdabiya• Wilayat Revolutionaries Barqa (a.k.a. Shura Cyrenaica Council Province; (ARSC) f.k.a. • Wilayat FezzanMajlis Shura (a.k.a. Shabab Fezzan al Province) Islam) • Wilayat• BarqaWilayat (a.k.a. Tarabulus Cyrenaica (a.k.a. Province; Tripoli Province) f.k.a. Morocco Majlis Shura Shabab al Islam) • Wilayat Tarabulus (a.k.a. Tripoli Province)

ALGERIA • Al Qaeda in the Islamic EGYPT Maghreb (AQIM) ALGERIA • Ajnad Misr • Al Qaeda in the Islamic • Ansar Beit alal MaqdisMaqdis (ABM) (ABM) (a.k.a. Maghreb (AQIM) (a.k.a.Wilayat Wilayat Sinai) Sinai) Mauritania Niger MALI MALI/BURKINA FASO/NIGER Chad Eritrea •• AQIMAQIM (a.k.a.(a.k.a. the Sahara Emirate) Sudan • AlEmirate) Mourabitoun Burkina •• MovementAl Mourabitoun for Unity and Jihad Faso • inMovement West Africa for (MUJAO) Unity and Jihad in • AnsarWest AfricaDine (MUJAO) Côte d’ SOMALIA • Macina Liberation Front (FLM) Ivoire Ghana South Ethiopia • Al Shabaab • Ansar Dine Central African Sudan • Macina Liberation Front (FLM) Republic • Jahba EastEast AfricaAfrica Cameroon • Islamic State in the Greater Sahara NIGERIA Uganda • Boko Haram (a.k.a. Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyah)NIGERIA • Boko Haram (a.k.a. Wilayat KENYA Gharb Afriqiyah) • Al Hijra (f.k.a. MuslimMuslim YouthYouth Center)Center) Tanzania • Al Muhajiroun (a.k.a. Emigrants of East Africa)

FATALITIES IN AFRICA BY YEAR ATTACKS 10000 AQIM and a liates 20000 8000 Al Qaeda-linked groups 15000 Sinai-focused groups 6000 Al Shabaab and a liates 100004000 Unidentied/una liated groups 20005000 Boko Haram ISIS 00 201020102011 2011 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 “a.k.a.” == also known asas “f.k.a.” = formerly knownknown asas AQ AQIMAQIM AlAl Shabaab Shabaab SinaiISIS GroupsBoko Haram ISIS BH

NoteUpdated: November 2016 SourcesNote: 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 Conict 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.