8 Militant Islamic Groups Terrorizing Africa Today

October 6, 2013 | Posted by ABS Staff
Tagged With: Al Shabab in Somalia, al-Qaeda in the Maghreb and the Sahel, al-Shabab, Ansar al-Din, ansar dine, Boko Haram, Boko Haram in Nigeria, Militant Islamic Groups, Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), salafi Islamists, Tawhid wal-Jihad, Terrorizing Africa, The Masked Battalion

     

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The Masked Battalion
When Moktar Belmokhtar, military commander of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, left AQIM over ideological and operational differences, he oversaw the formation of two new groups, the Tuareg Brigade Mali and Signers in Blood Brigade, in addition to the Masked Battalion that he formed in 2007. It is unclear what the relationship between the groups might be.

In January 2013, the brigade took more than 800 people hostage at the Tigantourine gas facility in Algeria. Thirty-nine hostages were executed and one Algerian killed before the facility was recaptured by Algerian forces, who killed 29 members of the brigade.
Source: Wikipedia.org
Boko Haram
Boko Haram – “Western education is sinful” – that is the direct translation of the name of Nigerian Islamic extremist group, according to thenationonelineng.net. The group has handcuffed the northern half of the region with increasingly violent attacks and is on the brink of being declared as a terrorist organization by the United States. Since 2010, Boko Haram has become a legitimate threat to the most populated country in Africa, and it is forcing the world to take notice.
Over 1,000 deaths have been linked to Boko Haram’s activities since the beginning of 2011, as the group continues its efforts to overthrow the Nigerian government and establish Islamic law in the nation. Suicide bombings have become a regular method of attack for the group, including a car bombing that struck a United Nations building in the Nigerian capital of Abuja last August, leaving 25 dead. The group recently issued a warning to all Christians living in the northern region, prompting many to flee to the Christian-dominated south.
Source: Atlantablackstar.com