The Katibat Macina, also known as the Macina Liberation Movement or Macina Liberation Front (MLF, French: Force de libération du Macina), is a militant...

Amadou Kouffa is a Malian Fulani jihadist and preacher who founded Katiba Macina, later part of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. Diallo was born around...

by Iyad Ag Ghaly and predominantly composed of Ifoghas Tuaregs and Katiba Macina led by Amadou Koufa and composed of Fulani people often from central...

in the Maghreb and West Africa formed by the merger of Ansar Dine, the Macina Liberation Front, al-Mourabitoun and the Saharan branch of al-Qaeda in the...

war name Abou Yehiya, is a Malian jihadist and second-in-command of Katiba Macina. Since 2022 he has been the spokesperson of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal...

2015, Dicko attempted to join Katiba Macina led by increasingly-popular preacher Amadou Koufa. At the time, Katiba Macina had a small sleeper contingent...

On December 12, 2023, jihadist militants from Katiba Macina, an affiliate of the al-Qaeda aligned Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), attacked...

third-in-command of the group, carrying out executions. He was also close with Katiba Macina founder Amadou Koufa, and maintained ideological and operational links...

between Malian forces and jihadists of the Ansar Dine-affiliated Katiba Macina. Katiba Macina was formed in 2015 as an affiliate of the jihadist group Ansar...

Barkhane and Katibat Macina, a regional variant of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. French forces launched an assault on Katiba Macina, claiming to have...

Soum Province has served as a rear base for jihadist groups such as Katiba Macina and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara based in neighboring Mali...

group: Fula Proposed state: Massina Empire Militant organizations: Katiba Macina Rodrigues Ethnic group: Rodriguan Proposed greater autonomous area or...

and the founder of the short-lived Khalid ibn al-Walid Battalion of Katiba Macina. Keïta was born in 1959 or 1968 near Kaolack, Senegal, although other...

On June 27, 2015, Katiba Macina militants attacked the Malian military base in Nara, Mali, and briefly captured the town. The attack was repelled by Malian...

On May 29, 2016, Katiba Macina militants ambushed Togolese peacekeepers in MINUSMA near Sévaré, Mali. The attack was the first deadly attack against UN...

On October 28, 2015, a battle broke out in Tiébanda, Mali, between Katiba Macina militants and Malian forces. On October 27, 2015, Malian forces began...

from Katiba Macina and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) overran Malian defenses and briefly captured the city of Nampalari, Mali. Katiba Macina was...

22, 2020, Fulani militants from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin's Katiba Macina laid siege to the town of Farabougou, Ségou Region, Mali. The fighting...

On August 7, 2015, jihadists from Al-Mourabitoun and Katiba Macina attacked the Byblos Hotel in Sévaré, Mali. The attack was one of the largest attacks...

days with the intention of handing the hostages to the Katiba Macina in Mali. While the Katiba Macina organized the kidnapping, it was militants from the...

farming. When the Mali War intensified in the Mopti Region, the jihadist Katiba Macina movement attracted many young Fulani as it overthrew the traditional...

Franco-Malian forces against Katibat Macina. On February 23, French troops from Operation Barkhane spotted a group of Katiba Macina fighters near the town of Dialloubé...

launched an operation on the night of December 20 and 21 to clear out a Katiba Macina camp. A helicopter assault with the aid of an MQ-9 Reaper was carried...

growing presence of Amadou Koufa and his Fulani-dominated jihadist group Katiba Macina. While attacks in Niger had been often perpetrated by the Islamic State...

Movement for the Liberation of Azawad instead of jihadism. In 2015, Katiba Macina, an affiliate of the jihadist group Ansar Dine, sprung up in the Mopti...

gunfire, near Kadial. On 17 May 2017, two teachers were kidnapped by the Katiba Macina, but were later released. That same year, a human resources staff member...

were from Ansar Dine and Katiba Macina and the "barefoot" sect. Souleymane Keita, the founder of the Khalid ibn Walid katiba, fled to Guinea. While the...

Mali. The main militant group active in Mali's central Mopti Region is Katiba Macina, a Fulani supremacist group that is part of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal...

Mali War, consisting of Ansar Dine, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Katiba Macina, and militants from other groups. The coalition was formed in March...

left at least 17 government soldiers dead and 35 others injured. The Katiba Macina, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the ethnic Fula (or Fulani) militant...