Mauritania Terrorism Events

GFATF - LLL - Osama Bin Laden left his $29m fortune for Al Qaeda terrorist group to continue operating

Al Qaida / Terror Financing / Terrorist Threat

Origin from: afghanistan
Associated States: pakistan; mauritania; sudan;

Osama Bin Laden left $29m fortune for Al-Qaeda terrorist group to continue operating

15 Feb, 2020

The United States has released what appears to be a hand-written will of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. In it, Bin Laden asked...

Terrorism

Associated States: egypt; nigeria; south africa; burkina faso; libya; mali; mauritania; niger;

African Union security chief warns that the terrorism is expanding in Sahel

11 Feb, 2019

Terrorism is expanding, Chergui told journalists on the sidelines of an AU summit in Addis Ababa, pointing in particular to countries on the Sahara's southern...

ISIL - ISIS

Associated States: burkina faso; chad; guinea; guinea-bissau; libya; mali; mauritania; nigeria; senegal; south africa; ivory coast;

Islamist terrorist groups are turning their attention to West Africa

4 Jul, 2018

The epicenter of jihadism in Africa has long been the Sahel, the region that skirts the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert. Islamist groups such...

ISIL - ISIS / Terrorism

Associated States: algeria; burkina faso; central african republic; chad; eritrea; ethiopia; mali; mauritania; nigeria; senegal; south africa; sudan;

ISIS terrorist group is using the migration wave from Africa to send jihadists into Europe

26 Apr, 2018

ISIS leaders fleeing the Middle East are planning to drive migration from Africa in a fresh bid to send jihadists into Europe, a senior UN...

Migrants / Terrorism

Associated States: burkina faso; chad; mali; mauritania;

ISIS terrorists transfer from the Middle East to Africa could bring new migrant crisis in Europe

27 Mar, 2018

David Beasley, executive director of the UN's World Food Program, on Monday warned that Europe could face a new migrant crisis as jihadists move from...

ISIL - ISIS

Origin from: france
Associated States: brazil; mauritania; syria; turkey;

French Islamic State executioner Maxime Hauchard killed

16 Mar, 2018

Maxime Hauchard, a French jihadist sought by French and US authorities since emerging in an Islamic State execution video in Syria, has been killed, sources...