Chad urges international community to boost support after Boko Haram attack
After Chadian president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday sent security forces in pursuit of the Boko Haram jihadists behind Sunday's attack that killed 40...
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Ransom Kidnappings Challenge North Cameroon [analysis]
In just three years (2015-18), kidnappers in North Cameroon collected ransom money of around €3 million (CFAF 2 billion), according to Garoua police. This crime...
UK to declare Russia’s Wagner a terrorist organisation
Britain is set to declare the Russian mercenary Wagner Group to be a terrorist organisation, making it illegal to be a member or to support...
UK declares Wagner Group a terrorist organization
Britain is to ban Russian mercenary outfit the Wagner Group as a terrorist organization, media reports said on Tuesday, quoting Home Secretary Suella Braverman. The...
Russian Wagner Group warlord Prigozhin among dead on plane that crashed, killing 10, officials say
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia's Wagner Group who challenged the rule of Vladimir Putin just months ago, was killed Wednesday in a plane crash...
Why the Islamic State and al-Qaeda terrorist groups are battling for control in Africa’s Sahel?
Africa’s Sahel, a region running across the breadth of the continent, between the Sahara in the north and the Sudanian Savanna in the south, has...
Islamic State and Al-Qaeda terrorist groups menace Africa
Colonel Alain Bayle, erstwhile French military attaché in London, with whom I shared a few confidences, intimated recently that it was whispered within the corridors...