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Ansarul Islam is a militant Islamist group active in Burkina Faso and in Mali. It was founded by Boureima Dicko, also known as Ibrahim Malam Dicko, and it is the first native Jihadi group in Burkina Faso. The group cooperates closely with Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM). [4]
Ansarul Islam was founded in November 2016 in the Foulsaré forest, coming to prominence in a press release where they claimed responsibility for the 2016 Nassoumbou attack against the Burkinabe army. In the press release, Dicko called himself the "commander of believers" and "guide of Ansarul Islam".
The siege of Madjoari began in February 2021 and lasted until May 25, 2022, as part of the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso.Jihadists from Ansarul Islam and Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin began attacking the city, controlled by Burkinabe forces and the pro-government Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP), and ambushed Burkinabe troops and cut off supply lines.
The Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa (Arabic: جماعة أنصار المسلمين في بلاد السودان Jamāʿatu Anṣāril Muslimīna fī Bilādis Sūdān), [13] better known as Ansaru and less commonly called al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel, [9] is an Islamic fundamentalist Jihadist militant organisation originally based in the northeast of Nigeria.
Since Ansarul Islam was known to the authorities, they needed to operate under a new name. [ 16 ] According to Arif Jamal, the majlis-i-shoura of Ansarul Islam met at Hadiderpura ( Budgam district ) on 11 June 1989 and decided to change the name to Hizbul Mujahideen in order to broaden its appeal.
The northern border between Mali and Burkina Faso has been the epicenter of a jihadist insurgency launched by the Mali-based Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, the homegrown Burkinabe Ansarul Islam, and the Niger-based Islamic State in the Greater Sahara since 2015. [1]
On October 1, RFI attributed the attack to Ansarul Islam, which was corroborated by the G5 Sahel. [10] However, while the attacks in Boulikessi and Mondoro were not the modus operandi of Ansarul Islam, analysts suggested that the group could have collaborated with JNIM or the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), both of whom operate in ...
Ansar ul Islam or Ansar al-Islam (Arabic: انصار الاسلام; "Partisans of Islam" or "Helpers of Islam") may refer to: Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan, a Kurdish Salafist group in Northern Iraq and Syria; Ansar al-Islam (Bangladesh) also called Ansarullah Bangla Team, a radical islamist group in Bangladesh