Regional News
Alliance members pledge their continued support in the Sahel
Members will focus on three priorities: creating employment opportunities, building resilience to shocks, and promoting regional development and access to basic services. Despite complex and multiple challenges affecting peace, security […]
The Sahel Song is a song of hope in a region in acute crisis
The Sahel is marked by the stunning, quiet beauty of its landscape and its rich and varied cultures – but in reality, this region faces one of the world’s fastest-growing […]
MNJTF commander-in-chief wants more resources to defeat jihadists
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) is struggling to “ensure the effectiveness of its actions”, according to its commander-in-chief, Major General Abdul Khalifah IBRAHIM.. He was addressing the Third Lake […]
Scores die in vicious battle between Islamic State and Boko Haram extremists
Scores of people died on Monday in a vicious battle between fighters belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) on […]
Witness says insurgents fired at plane before the bombing
A witness to the airstrike on Kwatar Daban Masara has told RNI that insurgents attacked the Nigerian military fighter plane first and only then did it start bombing the village. […]
More Boko Haram militants surrender to vigilante group
Seventy-three more members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), commonly referred to as Boko Haram, surrendered to a vigilante group in the headquarters of the Damboa Local Government […]
Bombing: At least 20 fishermen killed in a Nigerian army airstrike on village in Lake Chad
At least 20 fishermen were killed on Sunday morning when a Nigerian army fighter plane bombed Kwatar Daban Masara, a village bordering Lake Chad. Military sources told AFP on Monday […]
Boko Haram operatives move en masse to northwest Nigeria
More than 250 members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), more commonly referred to as Boko Haram, have left northeastern Nigeria to join criminal gangs in the northwest, […]
Cholera in Borno State under control in most local government areas
The cholera outbreak has been controlled in most local government areas in Borno State but a few are still battling the highly infectious disease. Dr Lawi Mshelia, director in the state’s […]
Niger: Hundreds of people demonstrate against escalating insecurity in Tillabéri
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Tillabéri on Saturday, September 18, to protest against severe and escalating insecurity. Civil society had launched the call for national cohesion and […]
G5 Sahel forces dismantle extremist network in border zone
Members of the G5 Sahel forces have dismantled an extremist network in the border zone of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. They discovered the network through informants. The G5 Sahel […]
