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Jihadists Overrun Seven Army Posts in Western Mali

An explosion at the Kayes governor’s residence signaled a dawn raid that highlights the junta’s struggle to halt a widening extremist campaign.

US Denies Visas to Senegal Women’s Basketball Team, Canceling U.S. Training Camp

Global Displacement Tops 122 Million as Humanitarian Funding Plummets

Fulani Jihadists Massacre About 200 Christians in Benue’s Yelwata Village

Gunmen Kill Over 100 in Yelewata Raid in Nigeria’s Benue State

Russia Expands African Security Role as Africa Corps Replaces Wagner in Mali

JNIM Seizes Central Mali Camp, Shells Timbuktu Base and Airport

JNIM Strikes Tombouctou Army Camp and Airport in Coordinated Assault

Flood Death Toll in Mokwa, Nigeria, Reaches 151 as Rescue Operations Move Downstream

Heavy Rains Flood Western Nigeria Village, Killing Over 100

Heavy Rains Push Nigeria’s Mokwa Flood Death Toll to 88

Boat with 11 Decomposed Bodies Carrying Mali Passports Washes Ashore on Canouan

Dozens Killed in Benue State as Herders Attack Four Villages

Human Rights Watch Confirms Burkina Faso Military Role in Fulani Massacres

WFP Warns of Looming Hunger Crisis in West and Central Africa as Funding Gaps Threaten Aid

Roadside Bomb Kills 26 Civilians in Northeast Nigeria

Five Indian Workers Abducted in Niger During Armed Raid

Jihadist Attack in Northern Benin Leaves 54 Soldiers Dead

Death Toll in Benue State Attacks Rises to 56 as Violence Escalates

Over 50 Killed in Latest Plateau State Attacks as Violence Escalates