Al-Qaeda terrorist group is strengthening its networks
France’s Operation Serval in 2013 – intended to oust al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)-allied jihadist groups from northern Mali — temporarily stabilized the region....
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US offers reward for Islamic State leader linked to the Niger ambush
The United States on Friday offered a $5 million reward for information about the leader of an Islamic State branch which claimed responsibility for an...
At least 12 people are dead in Boko Haram attack on Niger village
A night raid blamed on Boko Haram has left a dozen villagers dead in southeastern Niger on the frontier with Nigeria, a local official said...
Seven Niger Tuareg leaders killed by Islamic State terrorists since April
Islamic State insurgents have killed seven leaders of the Tuareg ethnic group in southwestern Niger in less than three months, as part of a strategy...
Islamic State claimed the Niger attack that killed at least 18 soldiers
Boko Haram's Islamic State-backed faction on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on an army camp in western Niger earlier in the week that killed...
Attackers killed at least 16 soldiers in Inates military camp attack in Niger
Unidentified attackers have killed 16 soldiers in a car bomb attack on a military camp in western Niger near the border with Mali, local residents...
West Africa coastal countries and the threat from jihadists
Since the collapse of the “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq, Islamic State (IS) has been looking for other places to raise its black flag. Africa,...