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

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

The top U.S. counterterrorism official is warning that the Islamic State terror group has set its sights on Africa as its new ...

Seven mercenaries from Russia's Wagner group were killed in central Mali in an attack claimed by an al Qaeda affiliate. This ...

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 ...

At least seven mercenaries from Russia's Wagner private military contractor group were killed in an attack in central Mali that was claimed by an affiliate of al Qaeda in North Africa, Site ...

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France has been lit up in red to mark Red Wednesday, Aid to Church in Need's annual campaign for persecuted Christians. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Saint ...

Mali and its neighbours Burkina Faso and Niger are struggling to contain separatists and powerful offshoots of Islamic State and Al Qaeda who have occupied swathes of territory in the Sahel over ...

The decision affects 113 individuals and two "terrorist organisations" — the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) and Islamic State in ... who now heads the Sahel nation's regime.

A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further ...

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 ...

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 21: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs announced on Wednesday the launch of the "Hajj Campaigns Inquiry" service through the unified government electronic services application, ...