Police arrest man, 32, suspected of distributing extremist material
A 32-year-old man from the Ivory Coast was arrested in a 5am operation on 31 October, Giovanni Barbara Street, Ħamrun, in connection with the distribution...
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Three soldiers killed in attacks on Ivory Coast military camps
Three soldiers were killed and seven wounded when two military posts in northern Ivory Coast were attacked early on Monday, five senior military sources said....
The coup in Mali opens power vacuum as radical Islamist insurgency expands in West Africa
Tuesday's stunning coup in Mali — in which mutinous soldiers stormed the capital and arrested the country's president — has opened a power vacuum that...
Ivory Coast sees first terrorist attack since 2016 at border post with Burkina Faso
Ivory Coast has suffered its first Islamist terrorist attack since 2016, with at least 10 dead on the border with Burkina Faso. Those deaths follow...
Twelve Ivorian soldiers killed in terror attack near the Burkina Faso border
Twelve Ivorian soldiers were killed and seven wounded in an attack at a northern border post near Burkina Faso early on Thursday, a senior officer...
West Africa is increasingly vulnerable to terrorist groups
In the coming weeks, West Africa’s terrorist groups are set to encroach further into Togo, Benin, and Ghana. This year’s presidential elections and their associated...
Islamist terrorist groups are turning their attention to West Africa
The epicenter of jihadism in Africa has long been the Sahel, the region that skirts the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert. Islamist groups such...