| Abu Hassan al-Ansari | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tilemsi, Gao Region, Mali |
| Died | February 14, 2018 Inaghalawass, Mali |
| Allegiance |  al-Mourabitoun (?–2015) Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (2017–2018) |
| Rank | Emir |
| Battles / wars | Islamist insurgency in the Sahel |
Mohamed Ould Nouini, nom de guerre Abu Hassan al-Ansari (also written Abou Hassan al-Ansari) was a Malian jihadist known for perpetrating the 2016 Ouagadougou attacks and the Grand-Bassam attack, along with his high position in Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin.
Biography
al-Ansari was born a Tilemsi Arab from the Tilemsi region of Gao. He is the cousin of Ahmed al-Tilemsi, the founder of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA) who was killed in 2014.
al-Ansari is suspected of planning and perpetrating the 2016 Ouagadougou attacks that killed 30 people, and the Grand-Bassam shootings later that year in Ivory Coast. In 2016, he was considered the right-hand man of Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). al-Ansari also led Al-Mourabitoun in Mali in 2015.
He appeared in the 2017 video that announced the creation of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin as a merger of five different jihadist groups led by Iyad Ag Ghaly. al-Ansari was killed in the 2018 Inaghalawass skirmish. JNIM retaliated by launching the 2018 Ouagadougou attacks.
References
- ^ "Sahel : à la recherche du jihadiste Mohamed Ould Nouini – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ "De la naissance d'un nouveau " djihadistan " au Sahel". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2017-03-10. Archived from the original on 2023-09-29. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- "Après la double attaque de Ouagadougou, l'enquête progresse". Le Figaro (in French). 2018-03-03. Archived from the original on 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- "Ouagadougou: qui est Hassan al-Ansari, tué dans un raid français en février?". RFI (in French). 2018-03-04. Archived from the original on 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
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