Islamic State affiliates turning Africa into new jihadist battleground
More than a year after the defeat of ISIS in Syria, the Islamic terror group is turning its sights on Africa. The continent is currently...
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Africa is home to some of the world’s worst terrorism hotspots
Sub-Saharan Africa is now home to some of the world’s worst terrorism hotspots, according to a new index released today. Seven African countries are among...
Islamist violence escalates in Burkina Faso making widespread hunger situation worse
Habibou Sore had to pause for breath as she ran barefoot from the approaching gunmen. She was pregnant with twins, due any day. Soon after...
Rising terrorist attacks testing Burkina Faso’s democracy amid presidential and legislative elections
Voters went to the polls Sunday in Burkina Faso for presidential and legislative elections that have been marred by ongoing terrorist violence in the landlocked...
Seven soldiers killed in the latest attack in Burkina Faso
Seven soldiers were killed and others wounded or missing after their patrol was ambushed in northern Burkina Faso, the center of a five-year-old jihadist insurgency,...
Terrorist attack on Burkina Faso mosque wounds six people
An unknown assailant threw a flammable bottle into a mosque in Burkina Faso's capital, wounding six people, the government spokesman said Sunday. Investigations into the...
The growing African terrorism threat
Maj. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, the commander of US Special Operations Command Africa, gave a sobering assessment of the increasing security threats posed by al Qaeda,...