The attack, which was claimed by the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, occurred in the W National Park in northern Benin on April 17. Suspected jihadist insurgents killed 54 troops in an

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Au Mali, plusieurs dizaines de corps ont été découverts près du camp militaire de Kwala, dans la région de Koulikoro, à l’ouest du pays, dans la nuit du 21 au 22 avril. La découverte a

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Le Sahel a été désigné comme le théâtre de la violence des islamistes militants le plus meurtrier en Afrique durant quatre années consécutives. 55 % de l’ensemble de ces morts ont eu lieux au Sahel,

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The Critical Threats Project’s Africa File provides regular analysis and assessments of major developments regarding state and nonstate actors’ activities in Africa that undermine regional stability and threaten US personnel and interests. Sudan. The Rapid

Burkina Faso’s Volunteer Militia Implicated In ‘Systematic Extermination’
Graphic videos of a massacre in villages surrounding the western Burkina Faso town of Solenzo spread rapidly on social media in March. Dozens of lifeless bodies — most of them women, children and elderly —

Iran’s Foothold Reaches Into North Africa
In the early days of the Israel-Hamas war, Iran issued a baffling threat: if Israel did not relent in Gaza, Tehran would close the Strait of Gibraltar, the narrow maritime passage separating Africa from Europe
Countering Extremism in West Africa: WhatOptions Are Left?

Nigeria, Niger Foreign Ministers Meet for Security Talks
The foreign ministers of Nigeria and Niger held talks Wednesday on cross-border security, terrorism and economic cooperation, despite tensions between the two neighbours since the July 2023 coup in Niger. It comes after Nigeria this

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As ministers gather in London to find a ‘pathway to peace’, the country teeters on the edge of catastrophe Exactly two years after Sudan collapsed into a brutal civil war, refugees continue to flood into
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Escalating hostilities and attacks in North Darfur over the past week have effectively obliterated Zamzam camp for internally displaced people, 15 kilometres from the North Darfur capital El Fasher, forcing all of its 500,000+ inhabitants