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AFRICA’S ACTIVE MILITANT ISLAMIST GROUPS LIBYA • Ansar al Sharia Libya (ASL) • Wilayat Barqa (a.k.a. Cyrenaica Province; f.k.a. Majlis Shura Shabab al Islam) • Wilayat Fezzan (a.k.a. Fezzan Province) • Wilayat Tarabulus (a.k.a. Tripoli Province) TUNISIA • Okba ibn Nafaa Brigade • Shabab al Tawhid (a.k.a. Ansar al Sharia Tunisia (AST)) • Soldiers of the Caliphate (a.k.a. Jund al Khilafah) EGYPT • Ansar Beit al Maqdis (ABM) (a.k.a. Wilayat Sinai) • Islamic State in Egypt KENYA • Al Hijra (f.k.a. Muslim Youth Center) • Al Muhajiroun (a.k.a. Emigrants of East Africa) • Jahba East Africa NIGERIA • Boko Haram • Islamic State West Africa (a.k.a. Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyah) MALI/BURKINA FASO • Jama'at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) (f.k.a. the following regional AQIM affiliates: - the Sahara Emirate branch of AQIM - al Mourabitoun - Ansar Dine - Macina Liberation Front (FLM)) • Ansaroul Islam • Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) • Islamic State in the Greater Sahara ALGERIA • Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) SOMALIA • Al Shabaab • Islamic State in Somalia (ISS) Updated: July 2017 Note: Compiled by the Africa Center, this graphic shows violent events involving the listed groups over the 12-month period ending June 30, 2017. Group listings are intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered official designations. Due to the fluid nature of many groups, the listed affiliations may change. Sources: Armed Conflict 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. Al Qaeda-linked groups AQIM and affiliates Al Shabaab and affiliates Unidentified/unaffiliated groups Sinai-focused groups Boko Haram ISIS “a.k.a.” = also known as “f.k.a.” = formerly known as ATTACKS 20000 15000 10000 5000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2015 AQ AQIM Al Shabaab Sinai Groups ISIS BH FATALITIES IN AFRICA BY YEAR 0 South Sudan Sudan Ethiopia Eritrea Central African Republic Chad Cameroon Burkina Faso Niger Mauritania Morocco Ghana Côte d’ Ivoire Uganda Tanzania

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Page 1: AFRICA’S ACTIVE MILITANT ISLAMIST GROUPS€™S ACTIVE MILITANT ISLAMIST GROUPS LIBYA • Ansar al Sharia Libya ... • Shabab al Tawhid ... (f.k.a. Muslim Youth Center)

AFRICA’S ACTIVE MILITANT ISLAMIST GROUPSLIBYA• Ansar al Sharia Libya (ASL)• Wilayat Barqa (a.k.a. Cyrenaica Province; f.k.a.

Majlis Shura Shabab al Islam)• Wilayat Fezzan (a.k.a. Fezzan Province)• Wilayat Tarabulus (a.k.a. Tripoli Province)

TUNISIA• Okba ibn Nafaa Brigade• Shabab al Tawhid (a.k.a. Ansar al Sharia Tunisia (AST))

• Soldiers of the Caliphate (a.k.a. Jund al Khilafah)

EGYPT• Ansar Beit al Maqdis (ABM)

(a.k.a. Wilayat Sinai)• Islamic State in Egypt

KENYA• Al Hijra (f.k.a. Muslim Youth Center)• Al Muhajiroun (a.k.a. Emigrants of East Africa)

• Jahba East Africa

NIGERIA• Boko Haram• Islamic State West

Africa (a.k.a. Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyah)

MALI/BURKINA FASO• Jama'at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin

(JNIM) (f.k.a. the following regional AQIM a�liates:

- the Sahara Emirate branch of AQIM - al Mourabitoun - Ansar Dine - Macina Liberation Front (FLM))• Ansaroul Islam• Movement for Unity and Jihad in

West Africa (MUJAO)• Islamic State in the Greater Sahara

ALGERIA• Al Qaeda in the Islamic

Maghreb (AQIM)

SOMALIA• Al Shabaab• Islamic State in

Somalia (ISS)

Updated: July 2017Note: Compiled by the Africa Center, this graphic shows violent events involving the listed groups over the 12-month period ending June 30, 2017. 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 Con�ict 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.

Al Qaeda-linked groups AQIM and a�liates

Al Shabaab and a�liates Unidenti�ed/una�liated groups

Sinai-focused groups

Boko Haram ISIS

“a.k.a.” = also known as“f.k.a.” = formerly known as

ATTACKS

20000

15000

10000

5000

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20162015

AQ AQIM Al Shabaab Sinai Groups ISIS BH

FATALITIES IN AFRICA BY YEAR

0

SouthSudan

Sudan

Ethiopia

Eritrea

Central AfricanRepublic

Chad

Cameroon

BurkinaFaso

NigerMauritania

Morocco

GhanaCôte d’Ivoire

Uganda

Tanzania

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