Senegal / Yemen / Niger / Egypt / Kenya / France / Mauritania / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Pakistan / Uganda / Afghanistan / Australia / Tanzania / United Kingdom / Iraq / Somalia / Eritrea / Saudi Arabia / Algeria / Tunisia / Libya / Sudan / Mali / United States / Syria / Chad / Nigeria / Morocco / /
Currency
USD / EUR / /
Event
Person Travel / Political Endorsement / Judicial Event / /
Facility
UN building / Algerian Prime Minister’s headquarters / /
IndustryTerm
simultaneous car bombings / conventional terrorist network / gas plant / finance / improvised explosive devices / clear solutions / criminal network / gas facility attack / online films / satellite communications technology / /
NaturalFeature
Arabian Peninsula / Azawad desert / Sahara / Nile / /
Organization
Islamic Courts Union / GSPC / Chadian Army / Algerian military / Kata’ib Foundation / al-Qaeda / Islamic Union / Tuareg / Movement for Oneness and Jihad / Malian military / European Union / US Defense Intelligence Agency / Malian Army / Economic Community of West African States / Algerian Government / National Movement / US State Department / Federal Government / United Nations / al-Shabab / French intelligence / Islamist / Somalian Government / Malian Government / largely focused on fighting the Algerian Government / /
Person
Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud / Ahmed Abdi Godane / Michael Flynn / Jason Burke / Abu Hafs al-Masri / Ban Ki-moon / Mohamed Sheikh Nor / al-Mahkim al-Islamiya / Anwar al-Awlaki / Francois Hollande / Amadou Sanogo / Michael Adebolajo / Mukhtar Robow Ali / Adan Hashi Farah / Osama bin Laden / Abu Ubaydah al-Panshiri / Amadou Toumani Touré / Ayman al-Zawahiri / Hassan Dahir Aweys / Abu Musab al-Suri / Tobias Feakin / Mokhtar Belmokhtar / Ibrahim Haji Jama / Khalid al-Fawwaz / Abu Musab al-Zarqawi / Lee Rigby / Dioncounda Traoré / Hassan Hattab / Abu Ibrahim Mustafa / /
Position
Prime Minister / President / recruiter / Executive / mid-level military officer / Captain / Lieutenant General / regional commander / Secretary-General / interim president / current director / leader / emir / deputy / mid-level military officer / /
ProvinceOrState
Azawad / Kashmir / /
PublishedMedium
al-Ittihad / /
Region
northern Africa / West Africa / Middle East / North Africa / northern Mali / the Maghreb / eastern Mauritania / southeastern Algeria / western Africa / Latin America / northwestern Niger / /
Technology
satellite communications technology / military hardware / /
SPECIAL REPORT September 2014 The new frontiers of Islamist extremism Understanding the threat that al-Qaeda affiliates pose to African security