On 7 March 2015, five people, including a French and Belgian national, were killed during a terrorist attack against a popular restaurant, La Terrasse, in Mali’s capital, Bamako. The attack was claimed by the Sahel based Islamist militant group, Al Mourabitoun. The Malian government vowed to find those responsible for the incident and take further steps to combat
terrorism in the country. Amid an ongoing conflict in the north and expanding operations of transnational terrorist groups, including Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), in the wider Sahel, the recent Bamako attack has raised concerns over the threat that Al Mourabitoun, a relatively new actor, may pose to Mali and whether more needs to be done to counter terrorism…

Continue reading this story and more in the March-April 2015 Risk Bulletin