A successful Algerian counterterrorism campaign forced AQIM from its operational base near the Mediterranean to the Sahel region that includes Niger, Mauritania, and Mali, where the group has ...

This underscores the need for a nuanced understanding of these regional dynamics to inform effective security strategies in ...

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, under the leadership of Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, is moving ...

They exist mainly in form of Islamic terrorists such as Boko Haram, Ansaru, Al Qaeda in the Maghrib, AQIM, and quasi-Janjaweed groups such ... This was what caused Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to pull ...

Travelers are advised to avoid areas within 30 kilometers of Algeria’s borders with Libya, Mauritania, Mali, Niger ...

This decision aims to disrupt the financing structures of groups operating within Mali. The asset freeze targets Iyad Ag ... coalition affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Ag Ghaly ...

Algeria has been battling groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and the Islamic State ... In addition, conflicts in Mali, Libya, and Niger have also had spillover effects ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

Mali has stopped issuing permits for small-scale gold mining to foreign nationals, after several deadly incidents in recent weeks and amid a drop in gold production. Interim President Assimi Goita ...