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...
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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...
Two Malian soldiers killed and nine are injured in landmine explosion
Two soldiers died and nine were injured when a government minister's convoy hit a mine in northern Mali on Tuesday, a colonel in the Malian...
Islamic State and Al-Qaeda terrorist groups menace Africa
Colonel Alain Bayle, erstwhile French military attaché in London, with whom I shared a few confidences, intimated recently that it was whispered within the corridors...
At least 29 soldiers are killed in terrorist attack in Mali
At least 29 soldiers died in a terrorist attack in Northern Mali, said the army. The attack took place early on Thursday, Sputnik reported. "The...
Why terrorism is rising in West Africa?
The local al Qaeda and Islamic State affiliates responsible for thousands of deaths in the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa in the past year —...
Al Qaeda affiliate open to talks with Mali government if French army forces leave the Sahel
Al Qaeda-affiliated militant groups in the Sahel have indicated a willingness to negotiate with Mali's government, provided that foreign troops leave the war-torn West African...