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Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Lands (جماعة أنصار المسلمين في بلاد السودان Jamāʿatu Anṣāril Muslimīna fī Bilādis Sūdān ), better known as Ansaru , is an Islamist jihadist militant organisation based in the northeast of Nigeria .1It is a splinter group of the larger Boko Haram organisation, founded in January 2012, and reportedly has more of an international focus than the latter. In the group's first statement, released on the Internet in January 2012, its leader, Abu Usmatul al-Ansari (sometimes written 'Abu Ussamata al-Ansary'). described Boko Haram actions as "inhuman to the Muslim Ummah ". Ansari also praised the Sokoto Caliphate and its founder, Usman dan Fodio . In another Internet video released by the group in June 2012, al-Ansari claimed that the group would not kill innocent non-Muslims or security officials, except in "self defense" and that the group would defend the interests of Islam and Muslims not just in Nigeria but the whole of Africa. Unlike Boko Haram, which is based in Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, Ansaru operates in and around Kano State in north-central Nigeria, the heartland of the Hausa-Fulani peoples. The organisation's motto is “ Jihad Fi Sabilillah ”, meaning "struggle for the cause of Allah". The group reportedly coordinates its operations with the northern Mali-based al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa . Ansaru is designated as a proscribed terrorist organization by New Zealand and the UK Home Office . Several of Ansaru’s commanders have been reported as returning to Boko Haram over 2013.2
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The Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa ( Jamāʿatu Anṣāril Muslimīna fī Bilādis Sūdān ), better known as Ansaru and less commonly called al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel , is an Islamic fundamentalist Jihadist militant organisation based in the northeast of Nigeria .It originated as faction of Boko Haram , but became officially independent in 2012.Despite this, Ansaru and other Boko Haram factions continued to work closely together until the former increasingly declined, and stopped its insurgent activities in 2015.Since then, Ansaru is mostly dormant though its members continue to spread propaganda for their cause.
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The Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa ( Jamāʿatu Anṣāril Muslimīna fī Bilādis Sūdān ), better known as Ansaru and less commonly called al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel , is an Islamic fundamentalist Jihadist militant organisation based in the northeast of Nigeria . It originated as a faction of Boko Haram , but became officially independent in 2012. Despite this, Ansaru and other Boko Haram factions continued to work closely together until the former increasingly declined, and stopped its insurgent activities in 2015. Since then, Ansaru is mostly dormant though its members continue to spread propaganda for their cause. " "L'intervention française au Mali a déplacé la menace djihadiste vers le sud" " .
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Islamist militant organization in Nigeria Not to be confused with Jabhat Ansar al-Islam . The Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa ( Arabic : جماعة أنصار المسلمين في بلاد السودان Jamāʿatu Anṣāril Muslimīna fī Bilādis Sūdān ), better known as Ansaru and less commonly called al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel , is an Islamic fundamentalist Jihadist militant organisation originally based in the northeast of Nigeria . Originally a faction of Boko Haram , the group announced in 2012 that it had pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda and was independent. Despite this, Ansaru and other Boko Haram factions continued to work closely together until the former increasingly declined and stopped its insurgent activities in 2013. The group was revived in 2020, and has been involved in the Nigerian bandit conflict . " "L'intervention française au Mali a déplacé la menace djihadiste vers le sud" " . "Ansaru reaffirms its allegiance to al Qaeda" . 2 January 2020.
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