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Nigeria–US Strikes Kill 175 ISIL Fighters in Northeast

Nigeria–US Strikes Kill 175 ISIL Fighters in Northeast

This counter-terrorism mission, considered among the most important counter-terrorism missions undertaken in recent times, is said to involve the killing of 175 ISIL fighters by Nigerian forces in coordination with…
Nigeria–US Strikes Kill 175 ISIL Fighters in Northeast

Nigeria–US Strikes Kill 175 ISIL Fighters in Northeast

This counter-terrorism mission, considered among the most important counter-terrorism missions undertaken in recent times, is said to involve the killing of 175 ISIL fighters by Nigerian forces in coordination with…
Trump Announces Death of ISIS Second‑in‑Command Abu‑Bilal al‑Minuki in US‑Nigeria Raid
Trump Announces Death of ISIS Second‑in‑Command Abu‑Bilal al‑Minuki in US‑Nigeria Raid
Nigerian Military Neutralises 1,000 Terrorists in 3-Month Operations
Nigerian Military Neutralises 1,000 Terrorists in 3-Month Operations
Nigerian Army Kills Two Terrorists in Zamfara Under Operation FANSAN YAMMA
Nigerian Army Kills Two Terrorists in Zamfara Under Operation FANSAN YAMMA
Joint military operation in Mali exposes regional security dilemmas
Joint military operation in Mali exposes regional security dilemmas
Algeria’s Support for Mali’s Unity in an Era of Rising Sahelian Terrorism
Algeria’s Support for Mali’s Unity in an Era of Rising Sahelian Terrorism
Trump Announces Death of ISIS Second‑in‑Command Abu‑Bilal al‑Minuki in US‑Nigeria Raid

Trump Announces Death of ISIS Second‑in‑Command Abu‑Bilal al‑Minuki in US‑Nigeria Raid

In his short yet powerful post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump states that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the global deputy of…
Nigerian Military Neutralises 1,000 Terrorists in 3-Month Operations

Nigerian Military Neutralises 1,000 Terrorists in 3-Month Operations

The Joint Task Force (JTF) has just delivered an important but cautiously optimistic announcement detailing the elimination of more than…
Nigerian Army Kills Two Terrorists in Zamfara Under Operation FANSAN YAMMA

Nigerian Army Kills Two Terrorists in Zamfara Under Operation FANSAN YAMMA

On May 4th, 2026, the Nigerian Army (NA) troops participating in Operation FANSAN YAMMA conducted coordinated security operations in various…
Joint military operation in Mali exposes regional security dilemmas

Joint military operation in Mali exposes regional security dilemmas

The Joint military operation Mali, which was being coordinated with Niger and Burkina Faso, represents a decisive change of the…
Algeria’s Support for Mali’s Unity in an Era of Rising Sahelian Terrorism

Algeria’s Support for Mali’s Unity in an Era of Rising Sahelian Terrorism

The Support For Mali Unity of Algeria is an effort at a strategic posture influenced by the lack of stability…

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BiH's FATF Deadline: Will Sanctions Reforms Avert Grey-List Disaster?

BiH's FATF Deadline: Will Sanctions Reforms Avert Grey-List Disaster?

The rush around the FATF Deadline in BiH has its origins in the December 2024 evaluation by MONEYVAL that found…
Tactical Evolution: Why Fewer Attacks Signal Deeper Terror Roots?

Tactical Evolution: Why Fewer Attacks Signal Deeper Terror Roots?

Tactical Evolution in African jihadist operations during 2025 is a structural change of high frequency attacks to a few but…
Nigeria's Mass Convictions: Justice or Rushed Retribution in Boko Haram Trials?

Nigeria's Mass Convictions: Justice or Rushed Retribution in Boko Haram Trials?

The most recent stage of the mass terrorism trials in the Federal High Court is one of the most far-reaching…
Crypto Shadows: How Operation Catalyst Exposed Africa's Terror Finance Web

Crypto Shadows: How Operation Catalyst Exposed Africa's Terror Finance Web

Operation Catalyst was a pivotal event in African counter-terror financing operations, revealing what can be termed as “Crypto Shadows- a…
From Chaos to Control: Terror Taxation in Africa's Ungoverned Spaces

From Chaos to Control: Terror Taxation in Africa's Ungoverned Spaces

The transformation in the shift captured under From Chaos to Control is indicative of a more profound change in the…
Sahel Entrenchment: Africa's Jihadists Shift from Attacks to Governance

Sahel Entrenchment: Africa's Jihadists Shift from Attacks to Governance

The Sahel Entrenchment is an indication of the structural change of the insurgency environment in West Africa with jihadist groups…
Benin-Nigeria Border Pact: Countering Sahel Spillover After G5 Collapse

Benin-Nigeria Border Pact: Countering Sahel Spillover After G5 Collapse

With the successful collapse of the G5 Sahel Joint Force in 2025, structural change in the West African security architecture…
JNIM's Coastal creep: Countering Spillover in West African Borderlands

JNIM's Coastal creep: Countering Spillover in West African Borderlands

The development of the Coastal Creep by JNIM in 2025 is a structural change in the security geography in West…
Multilateral Mirage: Rebuilding Counterterrorism After Sahel Fractures

Multilateral Mirage: Rebuilding Counterterrorism After Sahel Fractures

The formation of the Alliance of Sahel States in early 2025 signified a pivotal break in the security set up…
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