Mali: France announces the death of Bah ag Moussa, a senior al-Qaeda North Africa operative

French forces have killed Bah ag Moussa, a military leader of al Qaeda’s North Africa wing, during an operation in northeastern Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday November 13th. This day coincides with the commemoration of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. Bah Ag Moussa, killed in Mali by members of the Barkhane force, was considered to be the “operational chief”. of the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM), one of the main jihadist forces in the Sahel. He was also wanted for war crimes. Its role is to centralize all the “katibas”, the fighting battalions…