6 Killed in Terror Attack in Burkina Faso
On August 11th, five members of the national security force, the gendarmes, and one civilian were killed when the vehicle...
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Burkina Faso Capitol Rocked By Simultaneous Attacks
On March 2nd, seven soldiers and 9 assailants were killed, and 80 civilians were wounded during two simultaneous attacks on...
Jihadi Militants Take Fight to French in Burkina Faso
Blog Post: Jihadi Militants Take Fight to French in Burkina Faso On the evening of January 15, 2016, al-Qaeda affiliated...
Saudi IS Cell Busted, Saudi Officer Reportedly Captured in Yemen, Burkina Faso’s Coup…
Islamic State suspects arrested in Saudi Arabia Saudi security forces arrested two suspects involved in an Islamic State sleeper cell,...
Newest Islamic State Faction Claims Responsibility for Burkina Faso Kidnapping
Adnan Abu al-Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) has claimed responsibility...
It isn’t a Coup in Burkina Faso
After days of unrest, Burkina Faso’s president Blaise Compaoré has agreed to step down. This comes after not only of days...
Burkina Faso’s Black Spring
The situation in Burkina Faso has deteriorated from bad to worse. The African country’s parliament was set to vote on...
Health of Democracy in Burkina Faso and the D.R.C.
Blaise Compaore has been the President of Burkina Faso for 27 years. Burkina Faso's National Assembly will begin to study...
Status of global war against terrorism
As we approach 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, one year since Joe Biden's disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan,...
What’s fueling Africa’s new terror frontier?
While all eyes remain on Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, an insidious spread of terror activity threatens to destabilize the...
After Afghanistan, America needs counter-terror strategy rethink
Preventing a future terrorist attack requires not only regionally-based rapid reaction forces, but also a willingness to go after safe...
SITUATION REPORT: Jihad grows in Africa – Scores feared dead as Islamic State strikes in Mozambique
On Wednesday 24 March some 150 Islamic State jihadists launched a coordinated attack in the southeast African nation of Mozambique,...
Secretary Mayorkas: You may be done with global jihad, but global jihad isn’t done with you
On March 17th, new Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas parroted the oft-repeated line that the biggest terrorist threat...
Jihad threat continues in new theaters as well as old
Originally published by Terror Trends Bulletin The UAE publication “The National” has published an article on 2019’s deadliest terrorist groups. It...
New threats from ISIS
The Islamic State's (ISIS) Al Furqan Foundation for Media Production issued two threatening statements over the weekend. Quoting the Islamic...
Islamic State’s Al Baghdadi Stays True to Sharia Doctrine
Earlier this week, the Islamic State’s al-Furqan media arm released a video featuring their self-proclaimed caliph, Abu Bakr a-Baghdadi. This...