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Trans-Sahel Interactive Dashboard – Mali

African Extremism / Analysis / Visualization

  This visualization represents all violent group data collected in Mali from January 2011 to present.  Violent event types that meet ISVG’s criteria for collection include the following: armed...


Intensity of Boko Haram Attacks Influenced by Al Qaeda-Linked Groups and other Situations in Africa

African Extremism / Analysis / Visualization

*Created by ISVG’s Jonathan Epperson Boko Haram, which means “Western education is a sin”, began in the early 1990s but did not become as active as it currently is...


New Wiki Content on the Mungiki Sect

African Extremism / VKB Update

Mungiki Sect profile: The Wiki profile on Kenya’s Mungiki Sect has been updated to reflect the most current information concerning group history, ideology, and affiliates, along with detailed maps...


New Wiki Content on the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM)

African Extremism / VKB Update

Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group profile: The Wiki profile on the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) has been updated to reflect the most current information concerning group history, ideology, and...


Second Wave: Boko Haram Attacks Kano, Nigeria

African Extremism / Analysis / Visualization

On Friday, January 20, 2012, members of the Islamic terrorist sect Boko Haram carried out a coordinated and deadly assault on eight government office locations throughout Kano, Nigeria, resulting...


New Wiki Content on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)

African Extremism / VKB Update

Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda profile: The Wiki profile on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) has been updated to reflect the most current...


New Wiki Content on the Islamic Courts Union (ICU)

African Extremism / VKB Update

Islamic Courts Union profile: The Wiki profile on Somalia’s Islamic Courts Union (ICU) has been updated to reflect the most current information concerning group history, ideology, and affiliates, along...


New Wiki Content on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)

African Extremism / VKB Update

Lord’s Resistance Army profile: The Wiki profile on the Uganda-based Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been updated to reflect the most current information concerning group history, ideology, and affiliates,...


New Wiki Content on the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP)

African Extremism / VKB Update

National Congress for the Defense of the People profile: The Wiki profile on the DRC’s National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) has been updated to reflect...


The Boko Haram Sect: Nigeria’s Most Deadly

African Extremism / Analysis

*Report created by ISVG Research Analyst, Meagan Wilder. On November 4, 2011, Nigeria experienced a series of coordinated attacks in two of the country’s northern states: Borno and Yobe....

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