Al Qaeda north Africa chief Abdelmalek Droukdel killed by French armed forces in Mali
In this photo taken from video is Abdelmalek Droukdel. The French military and allied forces in Mali killed the longtime leader of al Qaeda's North African arm, who commanded militants in his native Algeria and then spread their movement across Africa's Sahel region, France's defense minister said Friday, June 5, 2020.
There was no immediate confirmation of his death from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, known as AQIM, which has made millions of dollars abducting foreigners for ransom over the years and made large swaths of West Africa too dangerous for aid groups to access.that Droukdel and several of his allies were killed Wednesday in northern Mali by French forces and their partners.
Under his leadership, AQIM claimed responsibility for several deadly attacks across Algeria. More recently he had been commanding all the al Qaeda groups in North Africa and the Sahel, including the JNIM, which has claimed responsibility for devastating attacks on the Malian military and UN peacekeepers trying to stabilise the volatile country.
She said the operations dealt a “severe blow” to terrorist groups in the region that have been operating for years despite the presence of thousands of French, UN and other African troops.
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