Africa is providing safe haven to Islamist terrorist groups
Africa is fast-becoming a region where terrorist groups like the Islamic State and al-Qaeda that have been battered by attacks from the West are reconstituting...
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Boko Haram terrorists are recruiting children as soldiers and suicide bombers
The militant group Boko Haram continues to recruit children and use them in battlefields across Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad, officials and experts say. While...
The expansion of Boko Haram terrorist group continues to present security challenges in West Africa
Boko Haram, which loosely translates as “Western education is forbidden,” is a terrorist group based in north-eastern Nigeria and has spread to countries including Chad,...
Boko Haram’s expansionary project in northwestern Nigeria
On June 15, Boko Haram released a video featuring English, French (Cameroonian), Fulani, and Hausa-speaking fighters “greeting” fellow fighters in Zamfara and Niger states. Three...
At least eight Chadian soldiers killed by landmine plannted by terrorists
At least eight soldiers have been killed and many others wounded after their vehicle struck a landmine laid by suspected militants in western Chad. The...
Covid-19 virus re-energises terrorism
Not surprisingly, terrorist organisations seized on the Covid-19 crisis to ratchet up their hate speech. The pandemic was “heaven sent” to take revenge against violators...
At least 70 civilians killed in the latest Boko Haram terrorist attack in northern Nigeria
The men attacked the village of Faduma Koloram, in Gubio local government area of Borno state, starting about noon, the sources told Reuters. They arrived...