The risk is that it rises into something much larger that then presents a much greater threat on the global scene,' one ...

Niger's army said its soldiers killed a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, but experts cast ...

Jubilation as 25 Islamic State West Africa Province ISWAP and Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad members have ...

As the Islamic State is squeezed out of its self-proclaimed caliphate in the Middle East, its offshoot in West Africa, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), appears to be growing even ...

As Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) still hold sway, the scars of war continue to mar memory in northeastern Nigeria. It is against that background that the government ...

July 21, 2025: The oil-rich west coast African nation of Nigeria continues to have problems with Islamic terrorist groups Boko Haram and especially the local Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/ISIL ...

Borno state has witnessed an upsurge in attacks by suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) assailants this year, raising concerns that the militants are making gains ...

Islamic State (IS) killed 11 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on the northeastern town of Gajiganna, the group claimed through its news agency AMAQ on Saturday.

The threat from Islamic State and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates is most intense in parts of Africa, and risks are growing in Syria, which both groups view as a “a strategic base for ...

U.S. Islamic State and al-Qaida threat is intense in Africa, with growing risks in Syria, UN experts say By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press • July 31, 2025 ...