Where does ISIS have a presence now
ISIS has suffered significant blows over the past five years and the terrorist group’s threat remains low in the Middle East yet is growing in...
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The Terrorist Threat in the Gulf of Guinea
Terrorist activity in the Sahel region is undergoing a process of transformation and expansion that threatens to destabilize the countries in their immediate neighborhood. As...
Counterterrorism and Rising State Fragility in the Post-Coup Sahel Region
Since the 2012 Tuareg uprising, the level of violent extremist activity in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso has consistently risen. In 2022, 43 per cent...
Burkina: more than 2 million displaced, humanitarian aid is slipping
Violence linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group has made Burkina Faso one of the fastest-growing internally displaced populations in the world, with the...
Jihadist Terrorism Encroaching on Coastal West Africa
On a recent visit to West Africa, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris laid out a new U.S. security assistance package that will provide more than...
40 killed in two terrorist attacks in NW Burkina Faso
About 40 people, including army auxiliaries, were killed over the weekend in two terrorist attacks in northwestern Burkina Faso, sources said Tuesday. The first attack...
Burkina Faso attack: atleast 15 killed, local sources reveal
More than a dozen people, thought to be mostly shepherds, have been killed in an attack in eastern Burkina Faso, security and local sources told...