The Katibat Macina, also known as the Macina Liberation Movement or Macina Liberation Front (MLF, French: Force de libération du Macina), is a militant...

Amadou Kouffa is a Malian Fulani jihadist and preacher who founded Katiba Macina, later part of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. Diallo was born around...

by Iyad Ag Ghaly and predominantly composed of Ifoghas Tuaregs and Katiba Macina led by Amadou Koufa and composed of Fulani people often from central...

war name Abou Yehiya, is a Malian jihadist and second-in-command of Katiba Macina. Since 2022 he has been the spokesperson of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal...

in the Maghreb and West Africa formed by the merger of Ansar Dine, the Macina Liberation Front, al-Mourabitoun and the Saharan branch of al-Qaeda in the...

2015, Dicko attempted to join Katiba Macina led by increasingly-popular preacher Amadou Koufa. At the time, Katiba Macina had a small sleeper contingent...

On December 12, 2023, jihadist militants from Katiba Macina, an affiliate of the al-Qaeda aligned Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), attacked...

On June 27, 2015, Katiba Macina militants attacked the Malian military base in Nara, Mali, and briefly captured the town. The attack was repelled by Malian...

between Malian forces and jihadists of the Ansar Dine-affiliated Katiba Macina. Katiba Macina was formed in 2015 as an affiliate of the jihadist group Ansar...

Barkhane and Katibat Macina, a regional variant of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. French forces launched an assault on Katiba Macina, claiming to have...