- Shared jihadi violence is reported across the Sahel region involving Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali.
- Attacks target the capital city of Niger, Niamey, amid a shared struggle against jihadist groups.
- Burkina Faso faces escalating attacks and shared threats from Islamist insurgencies, including the Islamic State.
Jihadist groups, including ISIS affiliates and JNIM, are consolidating and intensifying campaigns in the Sahel region.
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What happened
Jihadist groups, including ISIS affiliates and JNIM, are consolidating and intensifying campaigns in the Sahel region.
Who's involved
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Burkina Faso faces escalating attacks and shared threats from Islamist insurgencies, including the Islamic State.Also in this story
- A besieged town in Burkina Faso is currently under attack due to an insurgency linked to jihadist groups.
- Transitional authorities and allies in Burkina Faso are facing mounting threats from Islamist insurgencies, including the Islamic State, and are accused of France's role.
Within Shared jihadi violence is reported across the Sahel region involving Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali.
The entities involved
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Islamic State
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
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Burkina Faso
sovereign state in Africa
- Burkina Faso entrepreneurs are establishing strategic economic partnerships with the Russian Export Center, promoting direct bilateral trade in food and textiles.
- The International Finance Corporation is providing financing for a logistics corridor in Ghana that links Volta Lake to northern Ghana and extends to Burkina Faso.
Related events
- Jihadist groups, including JNIM allies, attacked a central army base and captured a northern city in Kidal, Mali.
- ISIS operated in southern Damascus, Syria, while Dutch prosecutors investigated its activities.
- Islamic State deploys a micro-group strategy in South India.
- Islamic State aims to create a caliphate across Iraq.
- The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were operating in northeast Syria, while the Islamic State had previously controlled the Kobani area of Syria.