Terrorism Bound

A Malian soldier was killed and seven others injured in an ambush by gunmen on Wednesday in the northern Timbuktu region of the country, military and local sources said. The attack was carried out in the morning by armed men on a pickup truck about 20 kilometres (12...

Bamako, Sept 6, 2019 - Armed men abducted 22 members of a military unit comprising mainly Tuareg ex-rebels and former members of armed pro-government groups in violence-wracked Mali, the driver of their bus said Friday. The group, set to be incorporated into a...

Niamey, Sept 5, 2019 - At least 66 civilians were kidnapped in July in southeastern Niger near the border with Nigeria where the jihadist group Boko Haram is active, a UN source said Thursday. "At least 66 civilians including 44 women were abducted in July 2019 alone...

Bamako, Sept 3, 2019 - Fourteen bus passengers were killed Tuesday by a road mine in central Mali, the bus company said, in an attack bearing the hallmarks of jihadists who plague the region. The vehicle was en route from the central town of Douentza to the northern...