AFRICA’S ACTIVE MILITANT ISLAMIST GROUPS

LIBYA TUNISIA • Islamic State in Libya (f.k.a. Wilayat Barqa, Wilayat Fezzan, and Wilayat Tarabulus) • Okba ibn Nafaa Brigade Morocco • Ansar al Sharia Tunisia (AST) • Soldiers of the Caliphate (a.k.a. Jund al Khilafah) (targeting both and Tunisia) EGYPT • Islamic State in Sinai (a.k.a. Wilayat Sinai) (f.k.a. Ansar Beit al Maqdis (ABM)) ALGERIA • Islamic State in Egypt • Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (operating across North Mauritania Africa) Niger Chad Eritrea Sudan /BURKINA FASO/NIGER • Jama'at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), o cially comprising the • Al Shabaab following regional AQIM a liates: Côte d’ South Ethiopia • Islamic State in - Ivoire Ghana Central African Sudan Somalia (ISS) (a.k.a. Republic - (FLM) Cameroon Abnaa ul Calipha) - Al Mourabitoun - Sahara Emirate of AQIM /NIGER/ Uganda • Ansaroul Islam CAMEROON/CHAD • Islamic State in the Greater Sahara • (a.k.a. Jama'atu Ahlis (ISGS) Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal ) KENYA/TANZANIA • Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) DEM. REP. OF THE • Al Hijra (f.k.a. Muslim Youth Center) (a.k.a. Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyah) CONGO Tanzania • Al Muhajiroun in East Africa • (a.k.a. Jama’atu Ansarul • Madina Tawheed wal Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan) Muwahedeen (MTM)

ATTACKS TRENDS IN MILITANT ISLAMIST GROUP ACTIVITY IN AFRICA Malawi AQIM and a liates

Al Qaeda a liates 5,000 MOZAMBIQUE Al Shabaab and a liates 4,500 • Ahlu Sunnah wa Jama’a 4,000 (ASWJ) (a.k.a. "al Zimbabwe ASWJ and a liates 3,500 Shabaab") Boko Haram and a liates 3,000 ISIS a liates 2,500

Events 2,000 ISWA and a liates 1,500 ISGS and a liates 1,000 ISS and a liates 500 Unidentied/una liated groups 0 South 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Africa “a.k.a.” = also known as AQIM ISGS BH ISWA Al Shabaab ISS AQ ISIS ASWJ Una liated “f.k.a.” = formerly known as

Updated: February 2021 Note: Compiled by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, this graphic shows violent events involving the listed groups over the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020. Data on attacks or fatalities does not attempt to distinguish the perpetrators of the events. 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; HumAngle; Thomas Joscelyn; SITE Intelligence Group; The Soufan Group; Stanford University’s Mapping Militants Project; Stratfor; Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC); and Aaron Y. Zelin.