Islamist militants fighting for factions affiliated with al-Qaida and the Islamic State group (IS) are expanding across national borders in…
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Several African nations have signed military cooperation agreements with Russia, pinning their hopes on Moscow as they confront jihadist insurgencies.…
Guineans received surprising news in late March, when the government announced that it had dismantled a suspected terrorist network linked…
Illegal Chinese miners in Mali have increasingly come under attack from Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a powerful coalition of Sahelian…
Russian cargo aircraft were tracked making at least 167 flights to five Algerian air bases between March 2025 and April…
When terrorists attacked fuel tankers in the town of Diboli in 2025, just steps from Mali’s western border, the long-feared…
As 2025 wound down, four African regions continued to endure terrorist threats: the Sahel, particularly Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger;…
Since inviting Russian mercenaries into Mali in 2021, the country’s ruling junta has focused its attention on subduing northern Tuareg…
An expanding swath of Islamic terrorism stretching from western Mali through the Lake Chad Basin to Somalia and Mozambique accounted…
The retreat of Malian and Russian forces from Kidal after their defeat by combined insurgent forces at the end of…