Al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is the main group behind a surge in militant jihadist attacks sweeping across several West African nations, especially Burkina Faso, Mali ...

Frontline Watch provides a weekly update on emerging terrorist activities and global threat trends, with Counterterrorism Managing Editor Dr. Mahmut Cengiz examining the developments shaping the ...

The jihadi group JNIM has been active in the Sahel for almost a decade. It recently caught the world’s attention after claiming its first attack in Nigeria, prompting a response from US President ...

A slow, methodical jihadist takeover is unfolding in Mali - one that mirrors the Taliban's return in Afghanistan. In large parts of the Sahel nation, Al-Qaeda's affiliate Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam ...

TUMU, Ghana — In the space of just a few months, the al-Qaeda affiliate has overrun major cities in Burkina Faso and Mali, carried out the deadliest-ever attack on soldiers in Benin and expanded its ...

JNIM and Tuareg separatists continue their attacks against Mali’s military government.

I found my family and my neighbor’s family massacred. My wives [and] my children were dead…. The only survivor [from my family] was my 11-year-old son…. I found the bodies lying on the ground, bullets ...