Special Report on Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Islamist Movement

The Jamestown Foundation is proud to announce the newest feature for our Militant Leadership Monitor annual subscribers – a Quarterly Special Report (QSR).  In addition to receiving full access to the mlm.jamestown.org...

The Jamestown Foundation's Top 11 Stories Of 2011

11. China's 2010 National Defense White Paper: An Assessment

By Michael S. Chase, China Brief

 Despite this White Paper’s lack of detail on specific capabilities, Western analysts should study the perspectives offered...

Amir of the Southern Sahara: A Fresh Look at AQIM’s Mokhtar Belmokhtar

Personal Profile

Born in the medieval city of Ghardaïa in central Algeria, nearly 600 kilometres due south of Algiers, on June 1, 1972, Mokhtar Belmokhtar is known by different names and nicknames. He is known as Khaled Abou...

From Ally to Adversary: Sheikh Ahmed Madobe’s War on Al-Shabaab

Sheikh Ahmed Madobe is a very influential Islamist warlord in southern Somalia who has turned his guns on his former ally, the al-Qaeda linked Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab. His role was elevated in September 2009 when...

December 2011 BRIEFS

DISSIDENT SOUTH SUDAN LEADER KILLED IN INTERNECINE CLASH

Lieutenant General George Athor Deng, a dissident South Sudanese military veteran figure, was killed in a clash with the newly formed Republic of South Sudan’s border...

“The Notion of Spring Does Not Exist in the Arab world”: Djibouti’s President Ismail Guelleh Wards off the Arab Spring

In a recent interview with a French-language African news magazine, Djibouti's head of state, Ismail Omar Guelleh, was asked if “the great wind of the Arab Spring” had “blown as far as Djibouti?” Guelleh, leader of Djibouti since...

The Twitter War: A New Battleground for Kenya and al-Shabaab

Two months after Kenya launched a military intervention into Somalia in an effort to seize the al-Shabaab stronghold of Kismayu, the Kenyan military and the Somali militants have entered into a new campaign – a propaganda war...

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SALAFISTS TARGET WORKS OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

Egypt’s Salafist parties, which did surprisingly well in the first round of parliamentary elections with 24% of the vote, have tried hard to present themselves as compatible with...