A new leader has been appointed by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqmi).
The terrorist organization has also confirmed the death of its historic emir, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
The US-based company, which monitors jihadist sites, announced that Aqmi exhibited the body of its former leader in a video for the first time.
Abdelmalek Droukdel was killed during a French army operation in June in northern Mali.
To read: Death of the leader of Aqmi in the Sahel: details of the French operation
Aqmi announced that it was the Algerian Abou Obeida Youssef al-Annabi who had been chosen to succeed Abdelmalek Droukdel.
The terrorist group also confirmed the death of Swiss hostage Béatrice Stockly, who was kidnapped in Timbuktu in January 2016.
With Reuters
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