A campaign of airstrikes in Somalia forced al-Shabaab to limit group communications and shift away from large gatherings of top…
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The sound of gunfire and explosions began about 1 a.m. on August 29, setting off a night of intense fighting…
Nigeria’s northern states are experiencing a surge in terrorism spreading from the Sahel as strained diplomatic relations with Niger’s ruling…
For more than a decade, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has waged an intense insurgency across the Lake…
More than 1,000 kilometers separate Islamic State group (IS) affiliates in the Lake Chad Basin and the Liptako-Gourma corner of…
Sahel terrorists are targeting gold mines and surrounding communities in search of revenue, recruits and weaponry such as explosives. In…
ADF STAFF A string of devastating attacks by Sahelian terror groups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have shown Russian…
ADF STAFF As it seeks to expand its territory, the Sahelian terror organization Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin has launched violent…
Over the past three years, insurgent groups across Africa increasingly have deployed weaponized drones against security forces, leaving militaries racing…
The terrorist attack in April that killed Mali’s defense minister in his home added fuel to the notion that Jama’at…