Al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is the main group behind a surge in militant jihadist attacks ...

Mali’s junta chief has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable “as many times as necessary” and without ...

Indian nationals abducted while Mali’s army and armed groups clash, raising concerns crisis could resonate beyond Sahel.

Research by Gi-Toc shows that in one year in just one district of Mali, JNIM made $770,000 (£570,000) from livestock. Based on this figure, JNIM could be earning millions of dollars from cattle ...

Gunmen in the West African country of Niger have killed 13 people in the latest of a string of attacks in the region. The ...

Mali: Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM Group Targets Multiple Military Sites | Firstpost Africa | N18G A wave of coordinated attacks by ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso are fighting an insurgency linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) that began in northern ...

In Africa’s turbulent Sahel region, the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM jihadist group is expanding its influence by repeated massacres, ...

Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.

Three Indian nationals have been kidnapped by an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in the West African nation of Mali.

In jihadist-threatened north Benin, the army is waging a campaign away from the front -- a programme of social projects, ...