Boko Haram’s Strategic Interest in Women and Children
On June 16th, a suicide bombing left at least 30 dead and 40 injured in Nigeria. Two young girls and...
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Children Used in Boko Haram Suicide Attacks in Northern Nigeria
On Sunday June 16th, at least 30 people were killed and 40 injured in a triple suicide attack in the...
Boko Haram Attacks Traders
On Thursday, July 19th, it was reported that fighters from Boko Haram killed six traders in an ambush in northeast...
Attack on Nigerien Army Base Kills 13
No group has claimed responsibility yet for an October 21st attack Nigerien Army base in Ayorou, near the Malian border,...
Kidnapping in the Oil-Rich Delta Region of Nigeria
In Nigeria on October 13th four British missionaries were kidnapped by an unidentified gunman in the southern Delta region. The...
U.S. and Nigerien Troops Ambushed in Niger
On October 4th, 3 U.S. Special Forces and 5 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush while the U.S. Green...
Civilian Death Toll Increases in Nigeria and Cameroon as Boko Haram Continues Suicide Attacks
On September 18th, a dual suicide bombing at an aid distribution point in Konduga, in northeastern Nigeria killed at least...
Boko Haram Leader Replaced
On Tuesday, August 3rd, the new leader of Islamic State’s West Africa Province, formerly known as Boko Haram, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, vowed to end...
FBI Arrests Former National Guardsman on Terror Charges
On Tuesday July 5th, The United States Department of Justice released a report regarding the arrest of a former Army...
Chad Refuses to Help U.S. with Libya Unity Government
In a rare appearance before foreign journalists, Chadian President Idriss Deby said that Chad would not help the U.S.-backed effort...
Jahba East Africa Jihadists Encroaching Upon al-Shabaab
On Thursday, April 7, 2016, Jahba East Africa officially pledged an allegiance to Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,...
Differences Over Border Policy Threatens West African Terror Operations
In the past three months the Cameroonian military has been accused of killing roughly 200 Nigerian civilians living along the...
Boko Haram seeks to ‘remain and expand’ in West Africa
After pledging allegiance to the Islamic State this past March, the Nigerian jihadist group known as Boko Haram has increased...
IRGC as terror org., stabbing attacks in Jerusalem, Boko Haram in Chad…
State Department unwilling to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization Claiming that now is not the right time, the...
United States announces deployment of troops to Cameroon
The White House’s recent announcement of the deployment of troops to Cameroon raises questions to as to whether the US...
Cyberattacks increase in Asia, Iran Seeks Investment, Israel Breaks IS plot…
Hackers increase attacks on Southeast Asia According to security provider FireEye, South-east Asia has become one of the most targeted...