With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the world, officials and experts say.

With his counterinsurgency strategy only deepening Burkina Faso’s security crisis, Traore has turned to repressing anyone he ...

Islamist militants hit two more military installations on Wednesday and Thursday, Mali's army said, the latest in a quick spate of attacks that the insurgents say have killed hundreds of soldiers and ...

An Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group active in West Africa's Sahel region has claimed an attack on a military base in Mali on Sunday that two sources said had killed more than 30 soldiers.

BAMAKO, Mali — Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali , civil society and military ...

The Russia-backed Wagner Group says it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists ...

On May 27, 2025 security reports from Burkina Faso disclosed that a convoy of 47 long vehicles disguised as carrying humanitarian aid was intercepted at a border between Togo and Burkina Faso.Acting ...

Elon Musk is leaving the Department of Government Efficiency behind, but its playbook has impacted dozens of agencies, ...

An Al Qaeda-linked rebel group active in West Africa's Sahel region has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Mali on Sunday that two sources said had killed more than 30 soldiers ...

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), which was set up to promote trade and good governance across ...

Mali faces a surge of violent attacks attributed to Islamist militants, particularly the Al Qaeda-linked JNIM group. Recent ...