Niger: three days of mourning after mosque attack kills 44
Authorities have blamed the deadly attack in the town of Kokorou on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, an ISIL affiliate. The...
Al Jazeera
Mar 26, 2025
Niger’s ruling junta tightens its grip on power
Niger’s military junta tightens control, silencing dissent, detaining opponents, and ruling by decree. Civil liberties erode as...
Vinciane Joly | La Croix
Mar 20, 2025
Burkina Faso army accused of torturing and Killing civilians
By Abdullahi Jimoh Burkina Faso’s military and allied militias allegedly tortured and massacred civilians in a retaliatory attack in the...
Abdullah Jimoh | News Central
Mar 14, 2025
Northern Mali rebels say army killed 24 civilians
By Reuters Three Russian mercenaries in Northern Mali (Source: Al Jazeera) A Tuareg-dominated rebel alliance in northern Mali accused...
Reuters
Feb 21, 2025
Why Ghanaians are fighting in insurgency-hit Burkina Faso
Ed Butler for the BBC World Service Burkina Faso's military is struggling to defeat jihadists who have taken control of much territory...
Ed Butler | BBC World Service
Feb 17, 2025
Niger’s junta fails to defeat ISIS jihadists
Islamic State affiliate expands control since 2023 coup, killing hundreds of civilians and enslaving women, as media ban allows regime to...
Pius Adeleye | The Guardian
Jan 28, 2025
Teachers risk death to keep Burkina Faso’s schools open
Conflict has forced a fifth of the country’s schools to close. One teacher, determined to keep working despite threats from marauding...
Kaamil Ahmed |The Guardian
Jan 27, 2025
Lakurawa, Fulani Jihadists, attack on Nigeria-Niger border
Strained relations between Abuja and Niamey have disrupted joint military patrols and allowed the armed group to expand. By Shola Lawal...
Shola Lawal | Al-Jazeera
Jan 26, 2025
Jihadists intensify attacks in West African Sahel
Sahel sliding Into darkness: Al-Qaeda and Islamic State intensify attacks TruthNigeria January 23, 2025 By Mike Odeh James and Luka...
Mike Odeh James and Luka Binniyat | TruthNigeria
Jan 23, 2025
Boko Haram attacks Nigerian village, killing over 100
By Haruna Umar Bodies of people killed by suspected Boko Haram Islamist extremists are transported for burial, in Tarmuwa, northeast...
Associated Press 1
Sep 4, 2024
Former Guinean president guilty of crimes against humanity
The conviction of Moussa Dadis Camara and other leaders came in a landmark trial centered on the massacre and mass rape of protesters by...
Washington Post
Jul 31, 2024
Mali's Tuareg rebels claim victory over army, Russia's Wagner
Tuareg separatists say they ‘obliterated’ enemy columns and seized a large amount of equipment and weapons. This undated photograph...
Al Jazeera
Jul 29, 2024
