Security Risk Monitoring and Threat Assessment of al-Qaeda in Africa

Propaganda and Military Operations: June 2023

This report examines and analyses the propaganda and military operations of groups belonging to al-Qaeda in Africa. Through propaganda, objectives, areas of operations, and present and future security risks are understood.

Date: June 2023

Method: Monitoring of jihadist propaganda (videos, photos, statements, claims) and reports from sources in the field.

Organisations/groups surveyed June 2023:

• Al-Qaeda and its branch;

Ramifications analyzed June 2023:

Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM);

Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujaheddin (HSM).

Impacted areas:

• Mali, Somalia, Burkina Faso, Kenya.