International Crisis Group warns of boost to Islamic State in African redoubt
Islamic State could be reinforced in one of its last strongholds in Africa as a result of vigilante groups fueling local grievances...
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Islamist raid in Niger leaves two gendarmes and a policeman dead
Two gendarmes and a policeman died in a jihadist raid against the major town in southeast Niger, near the Nigeria border...
The Islamic State terrorist group’s imposition of zakat in West Africa
It has become customary for us to say at this point that the Islamic State no longer controls territory as it did at the height...
Islamic State affiliates are on the march in West Africa
Two Islamic State affiliates are advancing in West Africa. The group's Sahel branch has resumed frequent attacks in Niger and Burkina Faso.
Terrorists killed fifteen soldiers in attack in southwest Niger
Unidentified gunmen killed 15 soldiers and wounded four more on Tuesday in an attack on an army post in southwest Niger, the ministry of defence...
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.
At least nineteen people killed in west Niger terror attack
At least 19 civilians were killed when armed men raided a village in west Niger close to the border with Mali, officials have said, in...