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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.
Ansar ul Islam formed in 2016, allied with JNIM, as the first homegrown Burkinabe jihadist group. [2] In 2018, attacks by Ansarul Islam led to the US government sanctioning the group and it's affiliates. [3] On December 28, 2018, Ansarul Islam began a campaign stepping up its attack, with an ambush in Loroni killing ten Burkinabe police ...
Ansar al-Islam (Bangladesh) also called Ansarullah Bangla Team, a radical islamist group in Bangladesh; Ansar ul-Islam (Pakistan), a Barelvi Sunni Muslim group in the Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan; Ansarul Islam (Kashmir), founded in 1983 and merged into Hizbul Mujahideen in 1989
Since 2015, north and northeastern Burkina Faso has been embroiled in an insurgency by the Mali-based Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), the Niger-based Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, and the homegrown Burkinabe Ansarul Islam. JNIM and Ansarul Islam are both located in and around Gorom-Gorom and Djibo, and were responsible for ...
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".
Since 2015, north and northeastern Burkina Faso has been embroiled in an insurgency by the Mali-based Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, the Niger-based Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, and the homegrown Burkinabe Ansarul Islam. JNIM and Ansarul Islam are the dominant jihadist groups in Loroum province, located near the Malian border. [1]
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.
Despite French attacks, the Serma and Foulsaré forests prior to the operation were hotspots of jihadist activities, with groups like Katiba Gourma, allied with JNIM, Ansarul Islam, and ISGS all harboring fighters in the areas. [2]