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Jan- 2026 -22 JanuaryAfrica
Jihadist Attack Kills 11 Police in Burkina Faso
At least 11 police officers were killed in a weekend attack by jihadists in eastern Burkina Faso, security sources told AFP on Wednesday.
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6 JanuaryAfrica
Roadside Bomb Kills at Least 8 Troops in Northeast Nigeria
A roadside bomb killed at least eight troops over the weekend in Nigeria's conflict-hit Borno state, a military source said.
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Dec- 2025 -20 DecemberAmericas
US Strikes Over 70 IS Targets in Syria After Attack on Troops
US forces struck more than 70 Islamic State group targets in Syria on Friday in what President Donald Trump described as "very serious retaliation" for an attack that killed three Americans last weekend.
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17 DecemberAfrica
Suicide Bomber Kills Five Soldiers in Northeast Nigeria: Sources
A suicide bomber struck a military position in northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon, killing at least five soldiers, security and local defense sources said.
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12 DecemberAfrica
NGO Says Sahel-Based Jihadists Spilling Into Africa’s West Coast
Jihadist violence in the Sahel region is spreading to countries along Africa's western coast, the conflict monitoring group ACLED said.
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5 DecemberAfrica
EU Envoy Warns Sahel Jihadist Surge Threatens Europe
European security is increasingly at risk from spiralling jihadist violence in the Sahel, the EU's envoy to the region said Thursday.
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Nov- 2025 -18 NovemberAfrica
Jihadists Say Killed Nigerian Brigadier General
An IS-aligned jihadist group claimed it killed a Nigerian brigadier general leading the fight against militant groups in the Lake Chad region.
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17 NovemberAfrica
Mali’s JNIM Jihadists: Armed Fighters or Politically Ambitious Belligerents?
Jihadist group JNIM has made itself the arch nemesis of Mali's junta, weakening the country's central government in an unprecedented manner.
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16 NovemberAfrica
Four Nigerian Security Personnel Killed in Jihadist Ambush
Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group ambushed Nigerian security forces in northeastern Borno state, killing two soldiers and two anti-jihadist militia members, sources said Saturday.
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11 NovemberAfrica
Jihadist Turf War Kills Around 200 in Nigeria: Sources
Clashes between rival jihadist factions in northeast Nigeria have claimed some 200 lives in the restive Lake Chad area, intelligence, militia, and jihadist sources told AFP Monday.
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