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...
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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...
Terrorists killed ten people in northeastern Nigeria
At least 10 people were killed and about 60 others injured in an attack by suspected jihadist rebels on the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri...
Terrorists killed six and kidnapped nineteen people in Katsina and Kaduna
Gunmen, Saturday night, shot one person dead, and wounded several others at Maikada community, in Safana Council of Katsina State. The gunmen, who reportedly stormed...
Terrorists overrun Nigerian army base as residents flee
An extremist attack in northeast Nigeria has forced many people to flee after ISIS-affiliated insurgents overran a key army base, military sources and residents told...