AQIM is a militant Sunni Islamist extremist group which originated as the Groupe Islamique Armeé (Armed Islamic Group or GIA), an armed Islamist resistance movement to the secular Algerian government. In 1998, a splinter of the GIA declared its independence from the original group, believing the GIA's brutal tactics were hurting the Islamist cause. The Groupe salafiste pour la prédication et le combat (Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), as the new group named itself, gained support from the Algerian population by vowing to continue fighting the government while avoiding the indiscriminate killing of civilians. The GSPC officially merged with Al Qaida in September 2006, subsequently changing its name to Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and announcing the name change in January 2007. AQIM is the most effective and largest extremist armed group inside Algeria. Since its merger with Al Qaida, AQIM has also adopted a global jihad ideology. The group has maintained a high operational tempo since its emergence under the name of AQIM, employing conventional terrorist tactics including guerilla-style ambushes and the use of improvised explosive devices against military personnel and truck bombs against government targets, in Algeria and West African countries. AQIM continues to kidnap Westerners and hold them for ransom in return for the release of imprisoned Islamic militants. In 2016, 29 people were killed, including 6 Canadians, in an AQIM attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso. In March 2017, AQIM's Mali-based affiliate, JNIM, was formed. On March 2, 2018, a coordinated attack by JNIM on the army headquarters and the French Embassy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, killed at least 8 people and wounding more than 80 others.
Headed by Abdelmalek Droukdel (QDi.232). Zone of operation includes Algeria and parts of Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Tunisia and Morocco. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 24 November 2020.
Headed by Abdelmalek Droukdel (QI.D.232.07.). Zone of operation includes Algeria and parts of Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Tunisia and Morocco. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 24 Nov 2020.
Headed by Abdelmalek Droukdel (QI.D.232.07.). Zone of operation includes Algeria and parts of Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Tunisia and Morocco. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 24 November 2020.
Headed by Abdelmalek Droukdel (QDi.232). Zone of operation includes Algeria and parts of Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Tunisia and Morocco. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010.
dirigé par Abdelmalek Droukdel -- sa zone d'activité englobe l'Algérie et certaines régions du Mali, de la Mauritanie, du Niger, de la Tunisie et du Maroc
Ordinance of 2 October 2000 on measures against individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the group «Al-Qaïda» or the Taliban (SR 946.203), annex 2
Ordinance of 2 October 2000 on measures against individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the group «Al-Qaïda» or the Taliban (SR 946.203), annex 2
The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.
France · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery
The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United
States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers
of items.
United States · Department of the Commerce - International Trade Administration
The Canadian governments own list of people and organizations associated with
terrorism.
Canada · Public Safety Canada
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