Three Westerners and a Burkinabe missing after terror attack in eastern Burkina Faso
Four people, including three Europeans and a Burkinabe, were missing after an anti-poaching patrol was attacked in eastern Burkina Faso...
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Gunmen killed at least 58 civilians in terrorist attack on convoy in Niger
Armed men in southwestern Niger have killed at least 58 people when they intercepted a convoy returning from a weekly market and attacked a nearby...
Pregnant woman and five others killed as ambulance hits land mine in Burkina Faso
A pregnant woman and five other people died when an ambulance carrying them hit a land mine in northern Burkina Faso, in an area that...
Africa has become a jihadist playground
In an unprecedented public warning in early February, Bernard Emie, the head of France’s Directorate-General for External Security, reported, “From Mali, [Islamist] terrorists have worked...
Al-Qaeda and Islamic State’s sub-Saharan affiliates are poised for growth in 2021
Once considered a backwater for jihadists, sub-Saharan Africa is now at the forefront of the counterterrorism landscape. With core ISIS and al-Qaeda reeling from sustained...
Burkina Faso military forces killed eleven terrorists in jihadist-plagued north
Burkina Faso’s armed forces said Thursday they had killed 11 “terrorists” during an operation in the country’s jihadist-plagued north after a recent surge in attacks....
French troops killed over twenty extremists in Burkina Faso
More than 20 militants have been killed by French troops this month in Burkina Faso near the border with troubled Mali, the French military said...