was the center of the 19th Century Fulani-led Islamic state of Macina. Katiba Macina first came to prominence in January 2015, when it claimed responsibility...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

government in 2012. These groups included Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Katiba Macina, Al-Mourabitoun, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa,...

version of AnsarDine's Rimaah infographic on the ambush in Goma-Coura by Katiba Macina against the Malian army on Oct 13". MENASTREAM on Twitter. 17 October...

another French group and the Malian Army (FAMa). The main target was Katibat Macina, the central Malian front of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. The operation...

Al-Mourabitoun, Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, Katibat Macina, and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb - that initially rebelled against the...

(FAMa) would announce that earlier, at around 5.00 am GMT, militants of Katiba du Macina fired 10 82mm mortar shells from opposite right bank, of which 3 would...

Democracy. In 2023, Allaye Abdramane Cisse succeeded him.[citation needed] Katiba Macina attacked the town in January 2015, but was repelled by Malian forces...

June 2022 Bankass Cercle, Mopti Region, Mali 132 people killed The Macina Katiba Islamic militants carried out the attack against the Dogon people Djiguibombo...