Africa is providing safe haven to Islamist terrorist groups
Africa is fast-becoming a region where terrorist groups like the Islamic State and al-Qaeda that have been battered by attacks from the West are reconstituting...
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Boko Haram terrorists are recruiting children as soldiers and suicide bombers
The militant group Boko Haram continues to recruit children and use them in battlefields across Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad, officials and experts say. While...
The expansion of Boko Haram terrorist group continues to present security challenges in West Africa
Boko Haram, which loosely translates as “Western education is forbidden,” is a terrorist group based in north-eastern Nigeria and has spread to countries including Chad,...
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...
Radical Islamists have killed more than 200 people in the world within just the first seven days of august
In a shocking revelation, it has been found that a staggering 221 people across the world have been killed by radical Islamists just in the...
Gunmen killed eight people in Niger including six French aid workers
Gunmen have killed six French aid workers, a Nigerien guide and a driver in a wildlife park in Niger, according to officials in the West...
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...