[3] He spent a brief time with the Movement before joining Ansar Dine with support from his friend, Iyad Ag Ghaly.

[8] In 2020, the French Armed Forces declared Moussa was the leader of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin.

[10] On November 10, French intelligence services detected the presence of a pick-up in the Tadamakat area, in the Ménaka region of Mali.

[12] Four helicopters, one drone, and fifteen men were engaged in the operation, which took place 7 km east of Tadamakat [fr].

[15] On 13 November 2020, Florence Parly, Minister of the French Armed Forces, announced that Moussa had been killed three days prior in the Ménaka Region as part of Operation Barkhane.