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Burkina Faso's prime minister has ruled out negotiations with militants who control swathes of the country, while suggesting that security risks could delay the country's return to civilian rule. "We will never negotiate, either over…

Suspected militants killed at least 19 people and burned a medical facility in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo early, two regional officials and a resident said. The attack, which occurred around 1 a.m. (2300…

The United States is the only country in the Sahel that has not been hit by attacks since 2011, with four militants escaping from a prison in Nouakchott on Sunday evening, killing two police officers. "At 9 pm on 5 March 2023, four…

At least 13 civilians have been killed in an attack blamed on militants against their village in central Mali, officials said. The attack on Kani-Bonzon was not far from the border with northern Burkina Faso where at least 70 soldiers…

The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), one of the main armed groups operating in northern Mali, has reaffirmed its commitment to a merger of the armed groups of ex-rebels who signed a peace agreement with Bamako in 2015.…

French drone strikes have killed 40 extremists earlier this week who were traveling on motorcycles near Niger's border with Burkina Faso, France's military announced. In a statement, the French military called the strikes a “new tactical…

A high-level international symposium to accelerate the restoration of normalcy to the North East of Nigeria is taking place in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Convened by the Consortium of Civil Society Organisations the 2-day programme tagged…

Al Shabaab militants kill 5, including retired army general in hotel blast. As the smoke rises from the site of the blast, Mogadishu was once more rocked by fighters of the Al Qaeda linked Islamist group al Shabaab. On Sunday evening,…

Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) troops killed three al-Shabab terrorists in a raid in their camp, Boni Forest, Lamu County in the coast region, an official confirmed. Gabriel Musau, head of the Coast police, said that the special forces, in…