Countries Jihadists kill 63 in attack on Nigerian town Maiduguri – Jihadists killed at least 63 people in northeastern Nigeria while storming a town whose residents had been... Read more 8 Sep
Countries Jihadists take control of strategic Mali town Bamako – Jihadists linked to al-Qaeda have taken over the strategic town of Farabougou in central Mali, a week... Read more 29 Aug
Countries Toll rises in jihadist raid on Nigeria military base Kano – The death toll from a jihadist attack on a military base in northeastern Nigeria has risen to... Read more 9 Jan
Countries Jihadists kill 15 in Nigeria New Year attacks – residents Kano – Jihadists have killed at least 15 people in New Year’s Day attacks on two villages near the... Read more 3 Jan, 2024
News Suicide attack on Mali army base day after deadly strikes Bamako, Mali – A suicide attacker targeted a military base in northern Mali on Friday, the army said, a... Read more 8 Sep, 2023
Countries Suspected jihadists kill 13 in northeast Nigeria Kano — Suspected Boko Haram jihadists have killed 13 people including three soldiers in two separate attacks in northeast... Read more 14 Aug, 2023
News Jobs, not doctrine, the lure for Africa’s jihadists, says UN Geneva – Poverty and the prospect of better-paid work, rather than ideology, are what fuel recruitment to jihadist and... Read more 8 Feb, 2023
Burkina Faso Niger holds activist in air strike case Niamey – The head of a leading campaign group in Niger has been detained in a case involving an... Read more 25 Jan, 2023
Countries Tunisia jails all-women jihadist group Tunis – Tunisia has jailed nine members of an all-women “terrorist” gang accused of plotting to assassinate a government... Read more 13 Jan, 2023
Countries Morocco, Spain arrest three jihadists in joint raids Rabat – Moroccan and Spanish authorities have broken up a jihadist cell linked to the Islamic State group and... Read more 12 Jan, 2023