Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Islamist militant organization in Northwest Africa and the Sahel
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (Arabic: تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد المغرب الإسلامي, romanized: Tanẓīm al-Qā'idah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī, French: l'Organisation d'Al-Qaïda aux Pays du Maghreb Islamique), or AQIM, is a Salafi-jihadist militant organization (of al-Qaeda) active in North Africa engaged in an insurgency campaign in the Maghreb and Sahel regions. The militant group originated from the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC). It has declared its intention to attack Western targets. The group has been designated a terrorist organization by the United Nations, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. Membership is mostly drawn from the Algerian and local Saharan communities (such as the Tuaregs and Berabiche tribal clans of Mali), as well from other North African countries AQIM has focused on kidnapping for ransom as a means of raising funds and is estimated to have raised more than $50 million...
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