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

This local branch of the Islamic State group (ISIS) was at first self-proclaimed, the outgrowth of a schism within MUJAO. The group’s leader, the former MUJAO commander Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahraoui, ...

The attack was officially acknowledged by the Islamic State through its news agency, Al-Amaq, stating that it resulted in the death of 30 Nigerien soldiers. The Sahel region is witnessing a surge ...

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

IS and al-Qaeda's JNIM are both active in the Sahel region where they compete for power West Africa's Sahel region has become the latest scene of jihadist in-fighting, after Islamic State group ...

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 ...

Violent extremist organizations have expanded their ambitions, capacities, and geographical reach into the Sahel and West Africa, extending an Arc of Instability across an area of strategic interest ...

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 ...

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 ...