Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pamberi pa2017, kurwiswa kwakawanda kwakaitwa neAl-Qaeda muIslam Maghreb (AQIM). AQIM ndiro bazi reNorth Africa reAl-Qaeda (AQ), rakavakirwa muMali. AQIM yakarwisa muSahel yose. Somuenzaniso, AQIM nesangano rayo, al-Mourabitoun, vakazviti ndivo vakaita
Kurwiswa kweOuagadougou muna 2016. Masangano maviri aya akanga abatanidzwa mwedzi mumwe chete izvi zvisati zvaitika muna December 2015, kunyange zvazvo kare vakanga vasina kuwirirana. Pashure pokubatanidzwa, vakawanda vaitarisira kuti ngozi inokonzerwa neAQIM munharaunda yacho yaizowedzera.