Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) amasses an estimated $100 million a year through a web of illicit activities that illustrates…
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A series of recent arrests highlights the trend of Mexican drug cartels manufacturing methamphetamine in Nigeria and other areas. Analysts…
Terror groups and criminal gangs are turning kidnapping for ransom into a lucrative business in Nigeria. These groups were paid…
A campaign of airstrikes in Somalia forced al-Shabaab to limit group communications and shift away from large gatherings of top…
Nigeria’s northern states are experiencing a surge in terrorism spreading from the Sahel as strained diplomatic relations with Niger’s ruling…
The Nigerian Navy and Federal Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (FDFA) arrested 33 people, including three Chinese nationals, in late…
Authorities arrested five people, including two Mexican nationals, at a crystal methamphetamine manufacturing facility at a rural farm in the…
As African countries stake their claim to space by developing satellites, China has folded space missions into its Belt and…
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…