Spain has sounded the alarm over the steady enlistment of Sahrawis from the Tindouf camps, Algeria, into the ranks of the Islamic state group, ISIS. Several executives of the separatist Polisario front are wanted by the Spanish justice for several crimes, including torture against Spanish citizens. The terrorist group ISIS in the Great Sahara, very active in Mali and Burkina Faso, is led by Adnan Abou Walid al Sahraoui. Born in Lâayoune in 1972, under the name of Ladib Bachir, Abou Walid was trained by the Polisario in Tindouf, from where he joined Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). He later joined another terrorist movement, Mujao, before becoming the head of the ISIS branch in the Sahel.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 21, 2020 15:00 UTC