ISIL doubled territory it controls in Mali in less than a year
The armed group ISIL (ISIS) has almost doubled its territory in Mali in less than a year, United Nations experts have said in a new...
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Suspected terrorists kill 12 Nigerien soldiers
At least 12 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected terrorists in a village in the southwest of Niger, authorities said Tuesday, the...
Burkina Faso police killed 40 terrorists after ambush
The police in Burkina Faso killed 40 terrorists, the army said on Sunday. The terrorists ambushed a police reconnaissance mission in Koulpelogo province in the...
Al-Qaeda-linked group claims Mali attack on UN troops
An al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group has claimed responsibility for an attack that wounded members of the UN's peacekeeping force in Mali, which is pulling out of...
Jihadist groups increase abuses in northeast Mali – HRW
Jihadist groups have multiplied since January 2023 large-scale "murders", "rapes" and "looting" of civilians in northeastern Mali, "forcing thousands of people to flee these regions",...
Two IS jihadists arrested in Niger joint operation security source
Two leading jihadists from the Islamic State's Sahel affiliate have been arrested in a joint operation by Niger and French forces, a senior security source...
Terror threats and instability in northern and central Africa
A swath of countries that border the Sahel in northern and central Africa are at increased risk of terror attacks, instability, and civil conflict. This...