Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.

A l-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is the main group behind a surge in militant jihadist attacks ...

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.

Analysis - The second dimension of these crises, especially in Kaduna and Plateau States, is the indigene/settler dichotomy, which is yet to be addressed properly by the Nigerian State. Many ...

Al Qaeda-linked Islamists declared on Thursday they had secured full control of Mali's desert north from separatist rebels with whom they had temporarily joined forces to seize territory earlier ...

Anecdotal evidence of links between local political groups and al Qaeda has recently focused attention on the long-standing role of Islam in West African society -- and the possibility that West ...

The west African road network is vast, estimated at over 709,000km of roads by the Global Roads Inventory Project. It ...

Opinion - Islam entered West Africa around the 11th century, and according to the oldest source concerning this, the Muslim geographer Al-Zuhri writing in 1137, the people of Ghana converted in ...

Islam first came to West Africa as a slow and peaceful process, spread by Muslim traders and scholars. The early journeys across the Sahara were done in stages. Goods passed through chains of ...

Paul Marshall Radical Islam's Move on Africa October 15, 2003 More than 21 years ago ...