The attack on the western Malian city of Kayes on 1 July indicates that Al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM is establishing itself in the area bordering Senegal and Mauritania.

"If we had peace tomorrow, it would still take five to 10 years just to stabilise the country's livestock population." ...

Cattle rustling is a profitable revenue stream for insurgents and threatens the stability of the West African region.

Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner welcomed her Senegalese counterpart, Birame Diop, to Vienna to discuss the critical security ...

Group's Leap from Recruitment to Ruthless Violence Threatens Regional SecurityBy Steven Kefas(Kaduna), The tranquil morning of July 2nd, 2025, shattered into chaos as Lakurawa terrorists, led ...

President Donald Trump visited the Middle East in May but devoted little attention to one of the region’s most pervasive challenges: religious intolerance and persecution. Virtually every country, ...

The Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) group said on its communication channels that a "special operation" had targeted "the military airport and the training centre of the Malian ...