More than 1,000 kilometers separate Islamic State group (IS) affiliates in the Lake Chad Basin and the Liptako-Gourma corner of…
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ADF STAFF A string of devastating attacks by Sahelian terror groups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have shown Russian…
The terrorist attack in April that killed Mali’s defense minister in his home added fuel to the notion that Jama’at…
Boko Haram’s Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad (JAS) and other terror groups are increasingly launching attacks around Nigeria’s forested Borgu-Kainji axis. Analysts…
As 2025 wound down, four African regions continued to endure terrorist threats: the Sahel, particularly Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger;…
As the Economic Community of West African States prepares to establish a regional force to combat terrorism and security threats,…
Terrorism attacks and deaths fell sharply worldwide in 2025, including in parts of Africa, but the numbers might tell a…
Coastal West African countries are strengthening counterterrorism partnerships after the 2025 rupture with Sahelian nations that crippled the G5 Sahel…
An attack on a military outpost in Kofouno, Benin, in early March was the latest demonstration that terrorists with Jama’at…
Maj. Gen. Fructueux Gbaguidi, an Army officer with more than 35 years of experience, has studied and trained at institutions…