Mistrust between AES and ECOWAS countries must be overcome to enable intelligence sharing and security cooperation.

A suspected terrorist group has attacked the Niger-Benin pipeline at Mountseka in Konni Department, setting parts of the ...

Benin, once considered relatively insulated ... due to a combination of banditry and counterinsurgency operations. “Terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province ...

A research project by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has concluded that while there is no direct link between climate change and terrorism in the Sahel, disrupted agricultural production and ...

Benin, and Nigeria, carrying out 16 attacks in Nigeria in 2024, compared to 12 in Niger, six in Mali, and one in Burkina Faso. The GTI report highlights that terrorism remains a persistent global ...

“Globally, deaths from terrorism have declined by almost a third ... and Niger—has extended its activities to Algeria, Benin, and Nigeria. In 2024, the group carried out 16 attacks in Nigeria ...

On 8 January 2025, members of the violent extremist Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims attacked a fortified position of the anti-terrorist Operation Mirador in northern Benin. Media ...

“Globally, deaths from terrorism have declined by almost a third ... and Niger—into Algeria, Benin, and Nigeria. The group was responsible for 16 attacks in Nigeria in 2024, along with 12 ...