Terrorist groups - foreign based:
al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM):
aim(s): replace the Cote d'Ivoire Government with Sharia and, ultimately, create a regional Islamic caliphate across all of North and West Africa
area(s) of operation: maintains an operational presence; gunmen killed 15 civilians and three special force members and wounded approximately 33 people, when they attacked a beach resort on 13 March 2016 at the L'Etoile du Sud hotel in Grand Bassam