Al Qaeda affiliates – not Islamic State - behind Bamako hotel attack: Both local conflicts and global competition between Al Qaeda and Islamic State undermine security in Mali

TY - UNPB

T1 - Al Qaeda affiliates – not Islamic State - behind Bamako hotel attack

T2 - Both local conflicts and global competition between Al Qaeda and Islamic State undermine security in Mali

AU - Cold-Ravnkilde, Signe Marie

AU - Pelckmans, Lotte

AU - Crone, Manni

PY - 2015/11/30

Y1 - 2015/11/30

N2 - Launched only a week after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the 20 November hostage crisis at the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital, Bamako, immediately made international headlines. After the attack, which claimed at least 22 lives, there is still much speculation about who is behind and whether the events are related to the Paris attacks. While a high degree of uncertainty persist, we argue that a combination of global competition between Al Qaeda and Islamic State and local conflicts triggered this event and affects overall security in Mali.

AB - Launched only a week after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the 20 November hostage crisis at the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital, Bamako, immediately made international headlines. After the attack, which claimed at least 22 lives, there is still much speculation about who is behind and whether the events are related to the Paris attacks. While a high degree of uncertainty persist, we argue that a combination of global competition between Al Qaeda and Islamic State and local conflicts triggered this event and affects overall security in Mali.

KW - Mali

KW - MINUSMA

KW - Islamic State (IS)

KW - Al-Qaeda

KW - Terrorism

KW - France

KW - UN

KW - Sahel

KW - Bamako

KW - AQMI

KW - Al Qaeda

M3 - Working paper

BT - Al Qaeda affiliates – not Islamic State - behind Bamako hotel attack

PB - Danish institute for international studies

ER -