Basedon the analysisof the structure and the briefevolutionhistory of the passivecontinentalmarginin West Africa, the dynamicbackgroundofformationandevolutionof the margin is discussed.
The jihadist groups present in Mali don't have a historyof using IEDs, but al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the Movement for the Unity and Jihad in WestAfrica (MUJAO) have both used such devices in Algeria.