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...
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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...
Dozens of civilians killed in central Mali village attacks
Dozens of civilians have been killed and others wounded in Mali's volatile centre when unidentified armed men on motorbikes attacked ethnic Dogon farming villages, according...
Al-Qaeda terrorist group confirms that their key leader Abdelmalek Droukdel was killed by French soldiers
Al-Qaeda's North Africa wing, AQIM published a video confirming the death of Algerian chief Abdelmalek Droukdel, killed by French special forces earlier this month in...
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...
Al-Qaeda leader Abdelmalek Droukdel killed in Mali
The leader of terrorist group Al-Qaeda's north Africa affiliate has been killed in a French military operation following a seven-year hunt, the country's defence minister...
Three prominent jihadists dominate Sahel after death of Al-Qaeda leader
Three leaders have been left dominating the jihadist insurgency in the Sahel, following the death of a top al Qaeda commander in the West African...