France says it has killed Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the Islamic State group in the Greater Sahara.
According to Macron's office, al-Sahrawi personally ordered the killing of six French aid workers and their Nigerien colleagues last year, and his group was behind aThis undated image provided by Rewards For Justice shows a wanted posted of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, leader of Islamic State group in the Greater Sahara.
“He was at the origin of massacres and terror,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Thursday on France-Info radio. He urged African governments to fill the void and seize back ground taken by the extremists. The extremist leader was born in the disputed territory of Western Sahara and later joined the Polisario Front. After spending time in Algeria, he made his way to northern Mali where he became an important figure in the group known as MUJAO that controlled the major northern town of Gao in 2012.
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