The growing African terrorism threat
Maj. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, the commander of US Special Operations Command Africa, gave a sobering assessment of the increasing security threats posed by al Qaeda,...
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Islamic State attacks surge as terrorists gain ground on two continents
On Aug. 5, militants carrying the black flag of the Islamic State launched a daring land-and-sea assault on the strategic port city of Mocimboa da...
Islamic State terrorism is growing quickly in the Sahel
The UN, EU, and individual western countries have all gone on the record in recent weeks admitting that terrorism is growing in the Sahel region,...
Islamic State terrorists claimed responsibility for the murder of French aid workers and their guides in Niger
The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for the murder of six French aid workers and their two local guides while they were visiting...
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...
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,...