Islamic State and al-Qaeda terrorist groups ready to unleash terror in Africa
Intelligence agencies are braced for renewed terrorist violence and the emergence of “caliphates” across West Africa as Islamic State...
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French forces arrested ‘high-ranking’ ISGS jihadist Abou Dardar in Mali
French forces in Mali have captured a man they describe as a “high-ranking fighter of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara” (ISGS)...
Franch President Macron threatens to pull troops from Mali if radical Islamism takes hold
President Emmanuel Macron warned in comments published Sunday that France will pull its troops out of Mali if it lurches towards...
Islamic State documents implementation of Sharia law in northern Mali
On May 20, the Islamic State released photos within its weekly Al-Naba newsletter purporting to show its men enacting hudud punishments [or punishments mandated...
British soldiers seized Islamic State gun stash in Mali
British troops on the world’s most dangerous peacekeeping mission in Mali have seized a cache of weapons...
French journalist kidnapped by terrorists in Mali appears in video asking for help
The head of Reporters Without Borders says that French journalist Olivier Dubois was kidnapped April 8 while working in Mali’s northern city of Gao.
At least fifteen Niger soldiers killed in terror attack near the border with Mali
Niger’s government says that an ambush on a military patrol near Niger’s border with Mali killed 16 Niger soldiers and left one missing.