Long spared by armed groups active in the Sahel, Burkina Faso is facing increasingly frequent and deadly attacks, particularly in…
2022, year of the resurgence of terrorism in Mali
On June 18 and 19, 2022, several villages in the Bankass circle in the Bandiagara region of central Mali were…
Terrorism in Niger : Situation Report 2022
On Monday, January 3, 2022, a skirmish occurred in the morning between a Niger National Guard reconnaissance mission and an…
ISGS takes over Ménaka’s region of Mali in a few months
Fighting between ISGS jihadists and the MSA and Gatia has been ongoing since the beginning of the week of March…
Terrorist weaponry in the Sahel: supply
Terrorism has become a major phenomenon of political violence in the international arena, and one that national armies and law…
Complicity between traffickers and fundamentalists in Sahel
Weakened by a decade of conflict, West Africa suffers from political instability, violence, corruption, poverty and high unemployment, particularly among…
Boko haram: the story of a terrorist organization
An organization created on the basis of anti-Western sentiment Boko Haram, or “Western education is sin” in Hausa, is an…
Illegal gold mining, a profitable business for jihadists
The continued rise in world gold prices has been a boon to African states, particularly those in the Sahel, such…
Jihad in the Sahel, conflict erupts between JNIM and ISGS
Sommaire 1. 2020, the year of tensions explosion 2. Irreversible differences between these groups 3. A feeling of betrayal In…
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS): group history
Sommaire 1. Histoire de l’EIGS et de ses membres. 2. Zone d’influence de l’organisation terroriste. 3. Conflits internes et externes.…