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Title: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: Shadow of Terror over The Sahel, from 2007
Author: VENTER AL J.
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/07/2018
Imprint: PEN & SWORD
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active
Insurgencies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere – the majority linked to al Qaeda
– are in the news on an almost daily basis. But very little surfaces about a festering insurgency
that has been on the go for six years in West Africa under the acronym of AQIM, or al Qaeda in
the Islamic Maghreb. This low-level series of guerrilla conflicts is widespread and sporadic,
covering an area as vast as Europe. Nigeria has been drawn into the equation because its Boko
Haram insurgent faction maintains close ties with AQIM and Islamic State.
For now though, the focus is on Mali where several jihadist groups – despite formal peace
agreements – remain active. Involved is the French army and air force as well as the United
Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), the European Union
Training Mission in Mali (EUTM) as well as the European Union Capacity Building Mission (EUCAP).
The insurrection that fostered all this broke out early 2012 when President François Hollande
announced the beginning of Operation Serval. Five hours later the first squadrons of French
Gazelle helicopter gunships began attacking Islamist columns. A day later French fighter jets
based in Chad, almost 2,000 kilometres away, were making sorties against rebel ground targets
in northern Mali.
80 b/w illustrations
ISBN: 9781526728739
Weight: 185g
Dimension: 234mm X 156mm