Is Ukraine Helping Al Qaeda Conquer West Africa?

Ukraine-backed Tuareg rebels in Mali have aligned with JNIM, raising fears Kyiv’s anti-Russia strategy could aid Al Qaeda’s ...

Al Qaeda-linked insurgents establish check points around capital, call on Malians to rise up

By Portia Crowe and David Lewis DAKAR, May 1 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked insurgents have called on Malians to rise up against ...

Al Qaeda-linked insurgents call on Malians to rise up, establish Sharia law

By Portia Crowe DAKAR, May 1 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked insurgents have called on Malians to rise up against the ...

Jihadists Are on the Brink of an African Caliphate

Islamists in Mali have routed Kremlin-backed forces after confounding efforts by the West to uproot al Qaeda and its ...

Al-Qaeda Branch Kills Mali Defense Chief in Suicide Attack

Mali’s defense minister was killed in a suicide attack on his home on Saturday, during a coordinated assault by an al-Qaeda ...

Al Qaeda-Linked Militants Launch Major Attacks on Cities Across Mali

The armed group JNIM claimed to have seized two key cities and destroyed the defense minister’s residence in a coordinated ...

‘ABSOLUTELY RETRIBUTION’: US forces took out bin Laden 15 years ago

The Big Weekend Show’ co-host Joey Jones discusses the U.S. taking out Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden 15 years ago.

Al Qaeda group says Mali army quits northern town as insurgency spreads

BAMAKO, April 27 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's West Africa affiliate said on Monday that Mali's army was withdrawing from the northern town of Tessit, as the insurgents press an offensive that began with ...

Kremlin says Russian forces will stay in Mali as insurgents press attacks

MOSCOW/BAMAKO, April 30 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces would stay in Mali to help the ...