More than 1,800 terrorist attacks were carried out in West Africa in the first six months of the year resulting in nearly 4,600 deaths and dire humanitarian consequences, according to the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, who also called the figures only “a snippet of the horrendous impact of insecurity.” Touray told the […]
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba leader of the junta ruling Burkina Faso pledged Monday to stick to the 24-month transition roadmap agreed upon with ECOWAS. Damiba made the pledge as he met with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan. Damiba who heads the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration now rules the West African country after toppling […]
The Islamic State said Thursday it was behind the armed assault outside a checkpoint in el-Mahdiya village in Rafah, a town on the border with the Gaza Strip. One officer and three soldiers died in the attack on their vehicle near the border. The militant group Sinai Province, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic […]
