Desert of Danger: How Extremism Shapes the Sahel’s FutureJanuary 16, 2025 — 01/16/2025 Africa (International Christian Concern) – About 400 million people inhabit the Sahel, a narrow strip of the vast African continent hugging the Sahara desert’s Southern reaches and stretching from Senegal’s...
German Priest Freed from al-QaidaNovember 29, 2023 — 11/29/2023 Mali (International Christian Concern) — More than a year after his kidnapping, Rev. Hans-Joachim Lohre was released on Monday, Nov. 27, following negotiations conducted by the German government. ...
Terrorists Run Rampant after UN Withdrawal in MaliOctober 4, 2023 — 10/04/2023 Mali (International Christian Concern) -- Mali faces worse conditions as forces from the United Nations continue their departure from the country. Terrorist groups including affiliates from al-Qaida, the Islamic...
West African Sahel Nations Sign Security PactSeptember 21, 2023 — 09/21/2023 Sahel Region (International Christian Concern) – Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso signed a security pact on Sept. 16, promising to come to the aid of each other in case...
Blockade Cuts off Food, Aid to TimbuktuAugust 29, 2023 — 08/29/2023 Mali (International Christian Concern) - Islamic militants have maintained a blockade on the ancient city of Timbuktu in Mali for more than two weeks. The blockade, which was set...
1,800 Terrorist Attacks Recorded in West Africa in the Last Six MonthsJuly 26, 2023 — 07/26/2023 West Africa (International Christian Concern) -- In the first six months of 2023, West Africa recorded more than 1,800 terrorist attacks, contributing to up to 4,600 deaths. The astonishing...
Survivors Describe Jihadist Attacks in MaliJuly 14, 2023 — 07/14/2023 Mali (International Christian Concern) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report yesterday detailing several Jihadist attacks in Mali this year. In the report, survivors from eight documented attacks...
Children Continue to be Kidnapped and Killed in the SahelJune 29, 2023 — 06/29/2023 Niger (International Christian Concern) –– Children bear the brunt of the devastating impact of Jihadism in the Sahel region, as they face the dual horrors of being targeted and...
The Sahel: A Hotbed of TerrorismJanuary 26, 2023 — 01/26/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The Sahel region of Africa is a belt of land immediately south of the Sahara Desert that stretches east to west across the African...
Jihadist Attacks in Mali on the RiseOctober 18, 2022 — 10/18/2022 Mali (International Christian Concern) - Mali has seen a rise in jihadist activity over the last several weeks. On Thursday, October 13, a passenger bus hit an improvised explosive...
Insurgents Attack Military Base in MaliJuly 27, 2022 — 07/27/22 Mali (International Christian Concern) - On Friday, June 22, Mali’s Kati military base, located outside the capital of Bamako, was attacked by jihadi militants. The Kati military base is...
Extremists Attack Military Camps in Mali and Burkina FasoApril 27, 2022 — 04/27/2022 Mali (International Christian Concern) – Attacks by suspected militants in the neighboring West African nations of Mali and Burkina Faso left at least 20 soldiers and 6 civilians dead....
8 Soldiers Killed as Violence Continues in Africa’s SahelJanuary 1, 2022 — 01/01/2022 Mali (International Christian Concern) – Eight soldiers were killed and at least seven injured on Wednesday in western Mali, the army said in a statement. “A unit in the Nara area...
Jihadists Terrorize Malian CommunitiesDecember 3, 2021 — 12/03/2021 Mali (International Christian Concern) – According to information obtained by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) from local sources, jihadists in Mali are terrorizing communities amidst a deteriorating security...
Seven Malian Soldiers Killed in Two Terrorist AttacksNovember 1, 2021 — 11/01/2021 Mali (International Christian Concern) –Seven Malian soldiers were killed on Saturday in two separate attacks, according to a statement made by the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa). Five soldiers were...
Nun Freed After Four Years in Jihadist CaptivityOctober 10, 2021 — 10/10/2021 Mali (International Christian Concern) – According to Vatican News, Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez, a Colombian nun abducted over four years in southern Mali, has finally been set free. “The Archbishop...
