Why the Islamic State and al-Qaeda terrorist groups are battling for control in Africa’s Sahel?
Africa’s Sahel, a region running across the breadth of the continent, between the Sahara in the north and the Sudanian Savanna in the south, has...
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Boko Haram terrorist group funded and inspired by Osama Bin Laden?
The Algerian civil war, Sahelian camps, Saudi networks; an American academic describes a Nigerian jihad with a regional focus, long before the emergence of the...
Terrorist killed by the Algerian army in northern Algeria
Algerian army on Tuesday killed a terrorist leader in the province of Ain Defla, southwest of capital Algiers, Defense Ministry said in a statement. The...
Islamic State claims that al-Qaeda started a war in West Africa
The Islamic State claims in the latest edition of its weekly Al-Naba newsletter that al-Qaeda started a “war” against the so-called caliphate’s men in West...
One soldier and six terrorists are killed in the latest clashes in Burkina Faso
A Burkina Faso soldier and six terrorist insurgents were killed in clashes in the north of the country Sunday, the army chief said in a...
Increased terrorist attacks in Africa amid the coronavirus pandemic
As the world focuses on the fight to curb COVID-19, Boko Haram has stepped up attacks in west Africa. Islamists affiliated to the so-called Islamic...
At least twenty Malian soldiers are killed in terrorist attack
Some 20 Malian soldiers were killed in an apparent jihadist attack on Monday, local politicians and a military official said, in the latest bout of...