Timbuktu and Gao under siege by Islamist fighters
By Mohamed Ibrahim BBC Arabic UGC | Tuareg rebel groups have released unverified footage of attacks on government Military bases People...
BBC News
Oct 16, 2023
Sahel: 10 Million Children at Risk as Conflict Rages
17 March 2023 Children are increasingly caught up in armed conflict in the climate-affected, food insecure central Sahel region, the UN...
United Nations
Mar 20, 2023
Failing states make Africa terrorism epicentre, says UNDP
08 February 2023 By Antony Sguazzin In 2021 sub-Sahara Africa accounted for 48% of all deaths from violent extremism and 21% of attacks,...
The Sunday Times
Feb 8, 2023
Burkina Faso demands French troops leave
Originally Published by CNN on January 22, 2023 Michele Cattani/AFP/Getty Images/FILE French soldiers patrol the village of Gorom Gorom...
CNN 1
Jan 26, 2023
With Burkina Faso’s president ousted, West Africa faces ‘coup bloc’
By: Danielle Paquette (The Washington Post) DAKAR, Senegal — Mali. Chad. Guinea. Sudan. Even before Burkina Faso’s army declared Monday...
Genocide Watch
Jan 25, 2022
Suspected extremists kill 47 in northern Burkina Faso
By Arsene Kabore and Sam Mednick OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists ambushed a convoy in northern Burkina Faso...
Associated Press 1
Aug 18, 2021
Militants kill 37 civilians in attack on Niger village
Government says 48 hours of national mourning to be observed after 37 people are killed by suspected rebels. Niger has declared 48 hours...
Al Jazeera
Aug 18, 2021
Niger: Surging Atrocities by Armed Islamist Groups
Over 420 Civilians Killed During Attacks, Massacres in 2021 (Bamako) – Islamist armed groups have killed over 420 civilians and driven...
Human Rights Watch
Aug 17, 2021
At least 51 killed in Mali rebel attacks: Officials
Gunmen riding on motorbikes attacked several villages late on Sunday, ‘shooting at anything that moved’, officials said. Gunmen have...
Al Jazeera
Aug 9, 2021
Genocide Watch Report: Countries of Special Concern January-June 2021
By Eric Ross, Nat Hill, and Jessa Mellea Genocide Watch exists to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide and other forms of mass...
Genocide Watch
Aug 4, 2021
More than 100 People Killed in Attack in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s government said that about 100 people were killed by armed assailants in the north of the country Friday night, in one the...
New York Times 1
Jun 5, 2021
Gunmen kill dozens in attack in eastern Burkina Faso
KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — At least 30 people were killed by gunmen in eastern Burkina Faso Monday, according to the government. The...
Associated Press 1
May 3, 2021
