By Maya Lester KC & Michael O’Kane

USA designates al-Qaida’s Mali branch JNIM as terrorist organisation

Today, the US Department of State has designated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224. According to the US press release, JNIM has described itself as “al-Qaida’s official branch in Mali” and has claimed responsibility for …

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Michael is Senior Partner at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. He has acted in many of the most high profile and sensitive business crime cases of the last 25 years, at Peters &...

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