al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
![The black flag variant used by AQIM](/Images/godic/202412/21/AQMI_Flag.svg2607.png")
![AQIM militants in the Algerian desert](/Images/godic/202412/21/Al-Qaida_au_Maghreb_Islamique_combattants2607.png")
![AQIM fighters in a propaganda video, filmed in the Sahara desert.](/Images/godic/202412/21/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb_fighters2607.jpg")
![GSPC area of operations and Pan-Sahel Initiative states.](/Images/godic/202412/21/GSPC_map2607.png")
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Arabic:تنظيم القاعدة في بلاد المغرب الإسلامي, translit. Tanẓīm al-Qā‘idah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī), or AQIM, is an Islamist militant organization which aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state. To that end, it is currently engaged in an anti-government campaign.