While ISIS affiliates are more active in the North-east, their presence in the North-west continues to be a subject of debate ...

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President John Mahama has met with the European Union (EU) Special Representative for the Sahel, João Cravinho, at the Presidency to discuss enhanced cooperation on regional security and development.

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Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have become a new epicenter for global terrorism – and China’s Belt and Road projects have become prime targets. In early 2025, Chinese engineers working on Niger’s $4.6 ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Mali’s then-President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita walk at the airport in Bamako, Mali, March 2, 2018 (pool photo by Kayhan Ozer via AP). Traditionally, Turkey’s ...

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The sea looks the same. So does the sand. But in Egypt, two beach communities not far from each other have decidedly different ideas about fun. People enjoying the beach in Sahel el-Tayeb, a village ...

The US military killed a “senior Al-Qaeda affiliated attack planner” in an airstrike in Syria on October 2. The jihadi was a member of Ansar Islam, a terrorist organization that has operated in Iraq ...

(Nairobi) – The decision of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) will jeopardize access to justice for victims of atrocity crimes, putting all ...