The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s branch for West Africa, has publicized its da’wah (proselytizing) activities in local communities in Mali and Burkina Faso. Photos ...

The JNIM group, which claimed responsibility for the attack, said that all of the villagers targeted were members of militias affiliated with Burkina Faso in its response to the report.

An image from one of JNIM’s da’wah events in Burkina Faso near the Nigerian border that the group posted on social media. Over this month, the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s ...