안사루
Also known as Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa
The Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa ( '), better known as Ansaru and less commonly called al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel''', is an Islamic fundamentalist Jihadist militant organisation originally based in the northeast of Nigeria. Originally a faction of Boko Haram, the group announced in 2012 that it had pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda and was independent. Despite this, Ansaru and other Boko Haram factions continued to work closely together until the former increasingly declined and stopped its insurgent activities in 2013. The group was revived in 2020, and has
Key facts
- War Faction.name
- Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa(Ansaru)
- War Faction.native_name_lang
- Arabic
- War Faction.image
- Flag of Ansaru.svg
- War Faction.war
- the Boko Haram insurgency
- War Faction.ideology
- Islamic fundamentalist Jihadism
- War Faction.area
- Northern Nigeria
- War Faction.size
- 2,000–3,000
- War Faction.battles
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel Boko Haram insurgency Mali War Nigerian bandit conflict
- War Faction.designated_as_terror_group_by
- see section
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