Sultan Ould Bady

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Sultan Ould Bady
Birth nameAbdou Aïssa
Allegiance AQIM (2000s-2011)
MOJWA (2011-2012)
Ansar Dine (2013)
al-Mourabitoun (2013-2015)
AQIM (2015-2017/2018)
ISGS (2017/2018)
Known forCo-founding MOJWA, commanding Katiba Salahadin
Battles/warsMali War

Abdou Aïssa, nom de guerre Sultan Ould Bady, is a Malian jihadist and drug trafficker. He co-founded the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA) with Hamada Ould Mohamed Kheirou and Ahmed al-Tilemsi, and founded Katibat Salahadin, a katiba within MOJWA that later reformed in the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara after Bady defected.

Biography[edit]

Bady descends from an Arab and Tuareg family, but associates himself with the Lemhar Arabs.[1][2] Bady was arrested on December 7, 2010, by the Mauritanian army in a convoy of drug traffickers. Bady was referred to as a link between drug traffickers in the Polisario Front and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), while also having connections with the Algerian DRS.[3] Bady was alleged to have also kidnapped and resold European tourists in the Sahara before joining AQIM, but this couldn't be confirmed by Mauritanian authorities at the time.[3]

Bady joined AQIM between 2006 and 2010.[4][5][6] Le Figaro states Bady could've also been part of AQIM as early as 2001 or 2002, after being recruited by Mokhtar Belmokhtar.[6] When he first joined AQIM, he fought in Katiba Abou Zeid.[6][7] He participated in several kidnappings of hostages, including the kidnapping of two Canadian diplomats in Niger in 2008 under the command of Belmokhtar. Bady also kidnapped two Swiss nationals and three Spaniards in 2009, and two Algerian diplomats in 2012 in Gao.[1][5] Yoro Ould Daha, a former official of MOJWA who defected to the Arab Movement of Azawad (MAA), stated Bady was personally involved in the kidnapping of Gilberto Rodrigues Leal in 2012 in Gao.[8]

Bady founded the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA) in 2011 with Hamada Ould Mohamed Kheirou and Ahmed al-Tilemsi.[5] He took part in the Mali War when it broke out in 2012, founding Katiba Salahadin, one of the four katibas in MOJWA.[4] Katiba Salahadin was led by Bady and Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, and many fighters came from Gao or Kidal region.[4]

On January 2, 2013, Bady defected from MOJWA and left to join Ansar Dine with his katiba.[9] While the reasons for the defection are unknown, Mohamed Ould Ramadane, a spokesperson for the MAA, stated that Katiba Salahadin left after the UN designated MOJWA as a terrorist group, and that they wanted to avoid international condemnation.[10] On October 23, 2013, Bady claimed responsibility for the 2013 Tessalit attack.[11] He then claimed responsibility for the December 14, 2013 2013 Kidal attack that killed two Senegalese peacekeepers, and then the firing of nine rockets towards the MINUSMA camp in Aguelhok in August 2014.[12][13]

Bady formed his own group in late 2013, but joined al-Mourabitoun shortly afterwards and later rejoined AQIM.[14][15][13] Bady claimed responsibility for an attack on a MINUSMA convoy in October 2014 that led to the deaths of nine Nigerien peacekeepers. Around this time, Bady was in active armed conflict with his former comrades from MOJWA.[1] He then fled to Sirte in Libya briefly during French intervention in Mali.[16]

Bady joined the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara in 2017 or early 2018.[17][18] He then participated with his Katiba in attacks against GATIA and MSA fighters in Ménaka.[4] He lost his two training camps in the region in 2018, and was faced with heavy pressure by French and Tuareg forces.[5][16] He fled to Niger, and found himself in Algeria.[16] On August 11, 2018, he surrendered to Algerian authorities in Tamanrasset, likely seeking benefit from Algerian amnesty laws that remained in force from the Algerian Civil War.[19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Mali : Sultan Ould Bady et le Mujao, un jihadiste en rupture de ban - Jeune Afrique.com". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  2. ^ "Afribone.com :: Prise d'otage : Sultan Ould Bady négocie la libération de l'humanitaire franco-suisse". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  3. ^ a b Yabiladi.com. "Sahel : Sultan Ould Bady, le lien entre Polisario, AQMI et trafic de drogue ?". www.yabiladi.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  4. ^ a b c d "Algérie: reddition du chef terroriste malien Sultan Ould Badi à Tamanrasset". RFI (in French). 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  5. ^ a b c d Sahel : Ould Badi entre les mains de l'Algérie, arrestation ou reddition ?, retrieved 2024-02-19
  6. ^ a b c "Sahel: la reddition d'un chef d'Aqmi affaiblit les djihadistes". Le Figaro (in French). 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  7. ^ "Mali : un petit groupe lié à Al-Qaïda revendique l'attaque à Tessalit". Maliactu. October 23, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "Mali – Yero Ould Daha : " Le Mujao nous protégeait du MNLA " - Jeune Afrique.com". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  9. ^ "Malijet Actualité malienne en continu Nord Mali web Rebelles Islamistes Guerre Serval Misma News Infos Bamako - Quand le Boko haram se réclame d'el hadj Omar Tall, de Sekou Amadou et… La liste des principaux dirigeants du MNLA, D'ANÇAR-DINE, d'AQMI, du MUJAO…, des Katibas…". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  10. ^ magharebia.com. "Les menaces d'Ansar al-Din suscitent des craintes au Sahel". Magharebia (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  11. ^ "Mali: nouvelle attaque jihadiste meurtrière, les soldats tchadiens visés". Google News. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  12. ^ à 10h20, Par Le 14 décembre 2013 (2013-12-14). "Mali : l'attentat contre les soldats de l'ONU revendiqué par un jihadiste du MUJAO". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ a b "Mali: quatre soldats de la Minusma tués dans un attentat". RFI (in French). 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  14. ^ Notin, Jean-Christophe (2014). La guerre du France au Mali [France's War in Mali] (in French). p. 594.
  15. ^ "L'humanitaire Sophie Pétronin kidnappée par un groupe armé d'Arabes du nord du Mali". Le Figaro (in French). 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  16. ^ a b c "Algérie : Les vraies raisons de la reddition de Sultan Ould Badi". kibaru.ml (in French). 2018. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  17. ^ "Nouvelle configuration djihadiste : Le chef de Salah ad-Din, Sultan Ould Badi quitte Ançar Dine et prête allégeance à l'Etat islamique". kibaru.ml (in French). 2018. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  18. ^ Nasr, Wassim (March 4, 2018). "On remarque aussi la vidéo d'allégeance de la Katibat Salaheddine d'Ould Badi, vieille connaissance de Sahrawi et qui l'avait rejoint ~2013, ce qui constitue une confirmation de celle-ci". Twitter. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  19. ^ "Reddition d'un dangereux terroriste à Tamanrasset". TSA (in French). 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
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