Death and displacement spike in Burkina Faso as militia groups keep attacking
Increasing violence in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger has led to a 62 percent spike in deaths and more than ...
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Kenya, the fight against terrorism: Police freeze assets of suspected Alshabaab bankrollers
The Kenyan government has frozen several bank accounts and properties belonging to nine terror suspects linked to the Somalia-based al-Shabaab ...
Gunmen assassinate two French aid workers in Niger
According to Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella, the governor of the Tillaberi region, eight people were killed on Aug. 9 at around ...
Entire Mali government resigns amid growing pressure over the rise of insecurity in the country
Mali's prime minister and his entire government have resigned amid growing pressure over insecurity in the West African nation – ...
A deadly alliance: ISIS and Al-Qaeda join forces in West Africa
The extremists are “more organised and they’re more mobile,” said a high-ranking French military official who spoke on the condition ...
Islamic State guns down 5 aid workers in Nigeria
Militants from an Islamic State affiliate claimed responsibility Thursday for killing five aid workers who were kidnapped last month in ...