Mali’s security crisis intensified this week as jihadist group JNIM announced a blockade on all roads leading into Bamako, even as junta leader Assimi Goïta appeared publicly for the first time in ...

Mali and Nigeria, two of the countries in the Sahel region of west Africa, are separated by approximately 1,000 kilometres, with the Niger Republic between them. They differ in population size and ...

The ongoing civil war in Mali—where a jihadist group is poised to seize power—is spilling over into Nigeria, with ominous humanitarian consequences.

Islamic militants are gaining major ground in the African nation of Mali. The consequences for the continent are profound.

Militants have ambushed a convoy of trucks heading to Mali’s blockaded capital of Bamako. That's according to a transportation workers union.

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Frontline Watch provides a weekly update on emerging terrorist activities and global threat trends, with Counterterrorism Managing Editor Dr. Mahmut Cengiz examining the developments shaping the ...

The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s group in West Africa, has claimed several recent attacks across southern, central, and northern Mali. At least one dozen people were ...

The State Department announced Friday the designation of five terrorist leaders in Africa. Bonomade Machude Omar, Sidan ag Hitta, Salem ould Breihmatt, Ali Mohamed Rage, and Abdikadir Mohamed ...

JNIM emir Iyad Ag Ghaly (in white) at the celebration for the freed prisoners in northern Mali. On Oct. 8, the Malian government confirmed that foreign hostages Sophie Petronin, a French aid worker, ...