Trans-Sahel Interactive Dashboard – Mali
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...
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Category / Extremism in Africa
Attacks on U.S. Embassies and Consulates
fifty-three attacks targeting U.S. embassies have occurred since 2006 resulting in the deaths of more than 200 casualties. These attacks have occurred in more than 20 countries across the...
Intensity of Boko Haram Attacks Influenced by Al Qaeda-Linked Groups and other Situations in Africa
*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
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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...
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