Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa information
Militant Islamist organisation
Monotheism and Jihad Movement in West Africa
جماعة التوحيد والجهاد في غرب أفريقيا Jamāʿat at-tawḥīd wal-jihād fī gharb ʾafrīqqīyā
Leaders
Hamada Ould Mohamed Kheirou (Alias Abu Qumqum)[1]
Dates of operation
October 2011–2013
Active regions
Algeria Mali Niger[2]
Allies
Ansar Dine Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Opponents
Algeria Burkina Faso Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Western Sahara France Turkey United States Azawad Ganda Iso
Battles and wars
Northern Mali conflict
Battles of Gao and Timbuktu
Battles of Menaka (2012), in January and November
Battle of Ifoghas
Preceded by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Succeeded by Al-Mourabitoun
The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (abbreviated MOJWA) or the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (abbreviated MUJWA; Arabic: جماعة التوحيد والجهاد في غرب أفريقياJamāʿat at-tawḥīd wal-jihād fī gharb ʾafrīqqīyā;[3] French: Mouvement pour l'unicité et le jihad en Afrique de l'Ouest, abbreviated MUJAO), was a militant Islamist organisation that broke off from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb with the intended goal of spreading jihad across a larger section of West Africa, as well as demanding the expulsion of all French interests (especially military and resources) that operate in West Africa, which they regard as "colonialist occupiers".
Its operations were largely limited to southern Algeria and northern Mali. The group continued to be affiliated with AQIM and was sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council in 2012.
One faction of the group merged with Mokhtar Belmokhtar's Al-Mulathameen into a new group called Al-Mourabitoun in 2013.[4][5]
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Algeria
Mali
Niger[2]
Ansar Dine
Burkina Faso
Mauritania
Morocco
Western Sahara
France
Turkey
United States
Azawad