A United Nations official warned that corruption and organized crime drive violence and terrorism in Nigeria as he introduced a…
Browsing: Burkina Faso
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…
Terrorism attacks and deaths fell sharply worldwide in 2025, including in parts of Africa, but the numbers might tell a…
Arms imports in West Africa have climbed in the past decade, even as weaponry sales in much of the rest…
A global study has concluded that Burkina Faso in West Africa is now the country most affected in the world…