The Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terror group stormed a Malian military base in Boulkessi at dawn June 1 and…
Browsing: Sahel
As terrorist groups grow in sophistication and continue to expand beyond the Sahel, countries throughout West Africa are finding it…
The year 2021 was marked by four coups in Africa. It was the crest of a wave of military rulers…
An attack by the Islamic State-Sahel Province using suicide drones targeting an army post in Eknewan near the border with…
It has been two years since Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani overthrew Niger’s democratically elected president and pledged to restore security to…
The Islamic State group’s attack on Puntland Defense Forces early in 2025 represented a key change in tactics and technology…
Across the vast expanses of rural Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, residents feel little influence from their central governments. That…
The Nigerian Armed Forces expects to host chiefs of defense from all 54 African nations at a summit in Abuja…
Across Africa, so-called “ungoverned spaces” serve as breeding grounds for terrorist organizations as well as transit points for weapons, drugs…
Before the terrorists came, Dagodji was a thriving village alongside the Niger River in central Mali. There was bustling agriculture,…