On October 7, 2025, a group of heavily armed men in military fatigues visited a mosque in Mocímboa da Praia,…
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Nigeria’s battle with terrorism is colliding with a rapidly expanding digital ecosystem, and video-sharing platform TikTok is emerging as terror…
ADF STAFF A string of devastating attacks by Sahelian terror groups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have shown Russian…
Beijing’s official stance of neutrality and nonintervention in the paramilitary M23’s rebellion against the Congolese government is increasingly being challenged…
In a national address on June 12, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu praised security forces for the gains that they are…
When Civicus, a South Africa-based alliance of civil society organizations from around the world, recently added Burkina Faso to its…
The Nigerian government’s Terrorist Prevention Act reclassified violent bandit groups, criminal gangs and kidnapping syndicates as terrorists in 2022. The…
In one week in May, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) went from being the most active wing of…
When two armed groups launched coordinated attacks across Mali on April 25, including a stunning assault on the capital, Bamako,…
In parts of the world such as Ukraine, Myanmar and Japan, the Chinese government has been accused of employing “two-faced…