Recent terrorist attacks by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin and Islamic State Sahel Province in western Niger reveal the rapidly deteriorating…
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Burkinabe Imam Mohamed Ishaq Kindo spoke publicly in May against proposed legislation meant to restrict religious freedom. The military junta…
Several African nations have signed military cooperation agreements with Russia, pinning their hopes on Moscow as they confront jihadist insurgencies.…
A United Nations official warned that corruption and organized crime drive violence and terrorism in Nigeria as he introduced a…
As 2025 wound down, four African regions continued to endure terrorist threats: the Sahel, particularly Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger;…
An expanding swath of Islamic terrorism stretching from western Mali through the Lake Chad Basin to Somalia and Mozambique accounted…
As the Economic Community of West African States prepares to establish a regional force to combat terrorism and security threats,…
The retreat of Malian and Russian forces from Kidal after their defeat by combined insurgent forces at the end of…
When Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) extremists launched four simultaneous deadly attacks against Nigerian military forces in late October…
Burkina Faso’s military and pro-government forces are accused of killing hundreds of civilians between January 2023 and August 2025, according…