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 aliates 20000 8000 Al Qaeda-linked groups 15000 Sinai-focused groups 6000 Al Shabaab and aliates 100004000 Unidentied/unaliated 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 ocial designations. Due to the uid nature of many groups, the listed aliations 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..