But relations between Nigeria and the US have also frayed since then, with Nigeria abruptly ending …

Chad's President Idriss Déby died after suffering injuries fighting on the front line against the r…

While the French troops will continue their work, other African units that are "already stretched t…

Terrorist groups in Africa have killed and displaced thousands of people, and France has taken the …

So far, Barkindo believes that Shekau's forces are the more formidable group, however, this may cha…

ISIS increased its activity from 13 countries in 2014 to 28 last year, many of which were in Europe…

Nigerian authorities banned Twitter on Friday. Journalist Zainab Onuh-Yahaya describes how importan…

"Sometimes you've got to sleep with strange bedfellows to achieve the overall goal, but that's wher…

Boko Haram pledged its allegiance to ISIS in March, a notable development considering the group's p…

Davin O'Regan, a researcher at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies and a PhD candidate at the U…

The petition aims to label the KKK as a terrorist group, citing its "long history of murder and int…

"Boko Haram has followed a trend that only led (us) to anticipate the release of this audio, mimick…

In order to upgrade that existing relationship, Zelin says that ISIS would need to formally accept …

The Global Terrorism Index - which defines terrorism as "the threatened or actual use of illegal fo…

"The listing of an entity sends a signal that Canada will not tolerate violent extremism," Public S…

ISIS has a few foreign groups from which it's accepted pledges, including Ansar Bayt al-Maqdisi in …

"We can confirm reports that a joint US and Nigerien patrol came under hostile fire in southwest Ni…

And the Chibok kidnappings have already spurred talk of greater security cooperation between west A…

Boko Haram means "Western education is sinful." The anti-West Islamist group is opposed to educatin…

Boko Haram's initial strategy was to try to undermine and gain control of the Kanuri ethnic regions…