Six people dead in terrorist attacks in northeast Nigeria
Aid groups in Nigeria said Wednesday six civilians died in a suspected jihadist attack on a northeastern town that, according to the UN...
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Boko Haram terrorists take over Borno community
Hundreds of people have been trapped in the ancient town of Dikwa in Borno State after Boko Haram fighters dislodged Nigerian troops in the community....
Islamic State-linked attack on UN base in Nigeria traps 25 aid workers
ISIS militants attacked a UN base and overran a humanitarian centre in north-east Nigeria, trapping 25 aid workers. Dozens of Islamic State in West Africa...
Africa has become a jihadist playground
In an unprecedented public warning in early February, Bernard Emie, the head of France’s Directorate-General for External Security, reported, “From Mali, [Islamist] terrorists have worked...
Al-Qaeda and Islamic State’s sub-Saharan affiliates are poised for growth in 2021
Once considered a backwater for jihadists, sub-Saharan Africa is now at the forefront of the counterterrorism landscape. With core ISIS and al-Qaeda reeling from sustained...
Gunmen kidnapped 317 girls from school in northern Nigeria
Gunmen have abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria in the latest mass kidnapping of students in the West African nation, police...
Terrorists killed more than thirty people in attacks on two northern Nigerian states
Gunmen killed 36 people in two attacks in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, a day after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades amid worsening security facing Africa's most...