According to a new report released from the United state, The US now believes that the three largest Islamist groups on the continent are now working together
The head of the US Africa Command (Africom), Gen Carter Ham, has warned that three of Africa's largest militant groups are trying to co-ordinate their efforts.
North African al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is probably sharing explosives and funds with Boko Haram in Nigeria, he said.
Speaking in Washington D.C, Ham said that the separatist movement in northern Mali had provided AQIM with a "safe haven" and Somalia's al-Shabab, the other "most dangerous" group.
Ham also explained that these groups are not monolithic, and that not all followed an international jihadist agenda.
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