Tag: Sahel Islamist insurgency

Mali shuts schools and universities as jihadist blockade worsens fuel crisis

Mali has suspended schools and universities nationwide due to a severe fuel…

Basillioh Rukanga Basillioh Rukanga

Gunmen kill 22 after shooting at baptism ceremony in Niger – reports

Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead 22 people, most of them attending…

Basillioh Rukanga Basillioh Rukanga

Jihadists ‘summarily executed’ 127 people in Niger, says rights group

Nearly 130 people have been "summarily executed" by Islamist insurgents in Niger…

Wycliffe Muia andChris Ewokor Wycliffe Muia andChris Ewokor

How an al-Qaeda offshoot became one of Africa’s deadliest militant groups

Al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is the main group behind…

How ‘blood gold’ is fuelling conflict in West Africa

It has been a good year for gold. A host of turbulent…

Jacob Boswall Jacob Boswall

Al-Qaeda linked group says it carried out huge attack on Mali’s army

An al-Qaeda linked group says it carried out a major attack on…

Burkina Faso military accused of killing over 100 civilians in ‘massacre’

At least 130 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces and…

Basillioh Rukanga Basillioh Rukanga

Benin admits that 54 soldiers killed in attack by al-Qaeda group

Benin's government has admitted that 54 soldiers were killed by suspected jihadists…

Mansur Abubakar Mansur Abubakar

The region with more ‘terror deaths’ than rest of world combined

The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism" and…

Harriet Orrell Harriet Orrell

Why some Ghanaians are fighting in insurgency-hit Burkina Faso

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting…

Ed Butler Ed Butler