The US on Wednesday placed a bounty of up to $7 million on the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the organisation’s North African branch. The State Department’s Rewards for Justice programme announced that it would offer the money “for information leading to the location or identification of Abu Ubaydah Yusef Al Anabi”, who now leads the group. Up to $7 Million For Info on AQIM Leader Abu al-Anabi is the new leader of the terrorist group al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Help us bring AQIM leader al-Anabi to justice. The US imposed sanctions on Mr Al Anabi in 2015, as did the UN in 2016.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 02, 2021 20:26 UTC