Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa

Monotheism and Jihad Movement in West Africa
جماعة التوحيد والجهاد في غرب أفريقيا Jamāʿat at-tawḥīd wal-jihād fī gharb ʾafrīqqīyā
Leaders	Hamada Ould Mohamed Kheirou (Alias Abu Qumqum)[1]
Dates of operation	October 2011–2013
Active regions	Algeria  Mali  Niger[2]
Allies	Ansar Dine Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Opponents	Algeria  Burkina Faso  Mali  Mauritania  Morocco  Niger  Western Sahara  France  Turkey  United States Azawad Ganda Iso
Battles and wars	Northern Mali conflict Battles of Gao and Timbuktu Battles of Menaka (2012), in January and November Battle of Ifoghas
Preceded by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Succeeded by Al-Mourabitoun

The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (abbreviated MOJWA) or the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (abbreviated MUJWA; Arabic: جماعة التوحيد والجهاد في غرب أفريقيا Jamāʿat at-tawḥīd wal-jihād fī gharb ʾafrīqqīyā;^[3] French: Mouvement pour l'unicité et le jihad en Afrique de l'Ouest, abbreviated MUJAO), was a militant Islamist organisation that broke off from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb with the intended goal of spreading jihad across a larger section of West Africa, as well as demanding the expulsion of all French interests (especially military and resources) that operate in West Africa, which they regard as "colonialist occupiers".

Its operations were largely limited to southern Algeria and northern Mali. The group continued to be affiliated with AQIM and was sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council in 2012.

One faction of the group merged with Mokhtar Belmokhtar's Al-Mulathameen into a new group called Al-Mourabitoun in 2013.^[4][5]