The main two groups operating in the region are the al-Qaida-linked militant group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM ...

Salafi-jihadist groups aim to establish support zones in northwestern Nigeria, facilitating recruitment, fundraising, and ...

The Lakurawa terror group has emerged as a significant threat to the stability of North West Nigeria, exploiting weak ...

The Sahel region of West Africa has been plagued by Islamic terrorist groups, leaving a trail of destruction and death in their wake .

Head of the US National Counterterrorism Center Brett Holmgren has said that ISIS has “prioritised Africa as a growth ...

By Eve Sampson U.S. airstrikes hit several Islamic State camps in the Syrian desert ... such as Africa’s Sahel region, exploiting political instability and weak central governments.

They have thus facilitated the acquisition of weapons by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM ... discreet and strategic commodity. Sahel states have difficulty regulating it, partly because ...

Niger is in Africa's Sahel region, which is considered the new global epicentre of the Islamic State group. The US has relied on the country as its primary base for monitoring regional jihadist ...

Announcement - The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Islamic ...