The Ministry of Defense of Algeria has reported the rescue of a German citizen who had been kidnapped approximately two weeks ago by an "armed criminal group" in Niger, in a context of growing insecurity in this Sahel country marked by the presence of jihadist groups and criminal networks."The German...
The president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, reported this Wednesday the release of more than 300 people who had been kidnapped in the states of Kwara and Niger, in the east of the country, in what is considered the largest rescue operation carried out in a single day by Nigerian security...
The jihadist militia Al Shabaab, a branch of Al Qaeda in Somalia, has communicated that it has taken control of a strategically valuable village located in the Hiraan region, in the center of the country, after several days of armed clashes with the Somali Army and militias fighting alongside it.According...
The coup leader of Niger, President Abdourahmane Tchiani, has blamed France and Europe this weekend for being behind the recent attacks by jihadist groups, including those recorded recently at the airport of the capital. At the same time, he has expressed his intention to triple the current contingent of the...
At least 32 civilians have lost their lives between Wednesday and Friday of this week in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, victims of the jihadist militias of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a branch of the Islamic State in the African country. This latest offensive has...
At least 16 soldiers from Niger have lost their lives and more than 20 have been injured in an assault carried out by unidentified armed men in the vicinity of the Nigerien locality of Doungouro, in the Tillabéri region, very close to the borders with Mali and Burkina Faso.The Ministry...
The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), the main Tuareg insurgent group active in northern Mali, has reported that an ambush carried out last Saturday against government forces has resulted in the deaths of numerous Malian soldiers and Russian mercenaries from the Africa Corps, allies of the military junta that controls the...
At least 25 members of the jihadist group Al Shabaab, linked to Al Qaeda and active in Somalia, have lost their lives after an airstrike carried out in the central region of Hiraan.According to the Somali Army, the bombing occurred on Friday night in the area of Suullaay, located about...
Somali authorities have reported the death of nearly 60 suspected members of the jihadist group Al Shabaab during several military actions carried out in the last few hours, including a series of bombings "with the support of international partners," in a context of intensified offensives against this organization linked to...
Kenyan security forces have killed more than a dozen suspected members of the Somali jihadist group Al Shabaab, linked to Al Qaeda, during an operation in Mandera County, in the area bordering Somalia.According to the Kenyan Police, the operation focused on a camp used by the organization in a border...
The Malian Army has reported the "neutralization" of "a hundred terrorists" during several offensives carried out alongside the Russian Africa Corps in the areas of Anéfis and Tabrachat, as part of the response to attacks launched in recent months by the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM),...
Somali authorities have reported the death of around 15 suspected Al Shabaab members, including two "high-ranking officials," during a new offensive by security forces against this Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in the Lower Juba region, in the south of the country.In a statement, the Somali Ministry of Defense indicated that...
Moroccan authorities have reported the capture of ten alleged jihadists integrated into a structure associated with the Islamic State group, whose members had "advanced" plans to carry out attacks in the North African country.In a statement disseminated on social media, the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST) explained that the...
The Africa Corps, heir to the former Russian mercenary group Wagner and current ally of the Malian military junta in its offensive against Tuareg armed formations and jihadist cells, announced this Sunday the death of two important commanders from both factions during intense clashes recorded on Saturday in the center-east...
The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, will become the first Western leader to travel to Syria since Ahmed al Shara, head of the jihadist militias that overthrew President Bashar al Assad in December 2024, came to power.The Syrian Presidency has ratified that Macron's visit to Damascus will take place shortly,...
The Africa Corps, heir to the former Russian mercenary group Wagner and current ally of the Malian military junta in its offensive against Tuareg armed formations and jihadist factions, reported this Sunday the deaths of two important commanders from both structures during the fierce clashes recorded on Saturday in the...
At least 15 fighters from the Somali jihadist group Al Shabaab have lost their lives and another 20 have been injured during a new offensive by the Somali Army in the Lower Shabelle region, in the south of the country. This action is part of the prolonged military campaign against...
The Africa Corps, heir to the former Russian mercenary group Wagner that backs Mali's military junta in its offensive against Tuareg armed formations and jihadist cells, announced this Sunday the deaths of two important lieutenants from both factions during fierce clashes recorded last Saturday in the country's east-central region.In the...
Iranian authorities announced this Saturday that two alleged "terrorists" have been killed and that ten other people, linked to four cells considered "takfiris", have been arrested. This term is commonly used in the country to refer to Sunni jihadists.According to the public broadcaster IRIB, the operation by Iranian security forces...
The Tuareg separatist militias of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) have announced this early morning the start of a new coordinated offensive against Gao, one of Mali's main cities, as well as against the strategic towns of Aguelhok and Anefif. This would be the continuation of the major campaign launched...
The President of Somalia, Hasán Sheij Mohamud, has announced that the Army is preparing to launch "a final offensive" with the objective of defeating the terrorist group Al Shabaab, an ally of Al Qaeda. The leader has stressed that these preparations are already underway by the authorities and has reiterated...
The authorities of Burkina Faso have reported the "neutralization" of "more than 400" alleged terrorists during a broad military offensive launched after a series of attacks against Army positions in the east of the country, without offering details on possible casualties among the military or among the 'volunteers' mobilized to...
The non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) pointed this Monday to the Malian Armed Forces and several armed groups active in the country, including Al Qaeda's branch in the Sahel, for committing serious violations against the civilian population following the large-scale offensive launched at the end of April by the...
The Nigerian Army has reported the release of nearly fifty people who had been kidnapped by alleged members of the jihadist group Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) in Borno state, in the northeast of the country, an area plagued for years by the growing violence of jihadists and Boko...
The Malian Army has reported the death of a presumed prominent commander of the jihadist group Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), considered Al Qaeda's branch in the Sahel strip, in an aerial attack carried out by a drone in the town of Mougnan, located in the...