Growing threat Chief’s killing comes as terror group gains ground in Africa
Aug 12, 2022
2 minutes
By Jason Burke
t was one of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s last victories. Just over a week before the al-Qaida leader was killed in Kabul by missiles fired from a US drone, militants from the organisation’s biggest affiliate in sub-Saharan Africa attacked the most important military base in Mali. The tactics of the attack were familiar – suicide bombers blowing a gap in defences to allow gunmen to reach
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