• Terrorism

    2025-07-01

    Extremist group exploits education crisis to recruit vulnerable youth

    Al-Qaeda capitalizes on illiteracy and unemployment in Afghanistan and Africa to transform desperate young people into operatives.

  • Crime Justice

    2025-06-27

    Extremist groups turn children into tools of war across Africa and Yemen

    Religious scholars and human rights experts condemn al-Qaeda's recruitment of vulnerable minors for suicide attacks and espionage operations.

  • Terrorism

    2025-06-27

    JNIM has become a regional menace as it seeks to dominate West Africa

    With its rapid expansion across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the al-Qaeda affiliate is dismantling the social fabric of entire regions.

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    'Nothing allowed': Afghan women demand education rights in UN appeal

    A United Nations campaign aims to raise #AfghanGirlsVoices, spearheading a global call to respect all Afghan girls' and women's right to education.

    'Nothing allowed': Afghan women demand education rights in UN appeal
  • Terrorism

    2025-06-26

    Dissolution of Syria extremist group shows success of precision targeting strategy

    The disintegration of al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras al-Deen has improved security in parts of Syria, creating new opportunities for reconstruction.

  • Crime Justice

    2025-06-25

    Extremists' exploitation of children in war zones draws widespread condemnation

    Al-Qaeda and its affiliates recruit minors as fighters, spies and suicide bombers in violation of international law and Islamic teachings.

  • Education

    2025-06-20

    Religious scholars denounce extremists' war on education in West Africa

    Al-Qaeda affiliate systematically destroys schools across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in campaign to control minds and recruit from ignorance.

  • Terrorism

    2025-06-17

    Analysts warn JNIM's growth threatens West Africa

    In its rapid spread across western Africa, JNIM has terrorized communities, showing no regard for human life and ruling by violence and fear.

  • Media

    2025-06-12

    Extremist group wages digital war for young minds amid global crackdown

    There has been visible progress in the fight to curb al-Qaeda's online activity as countries train cyber officers to protect their digital spaces.

  • Media

    2025-06-11

    Extremist group shifts recruitment to cyberspace after real-world setbacks

    Al-Qaeda has been targeting vulnerable youth using social media propaganda campaigns, exploiting poverty and religious sentiments.

  • Religion

    2025-06-09

    Islamic scholars counter extremism through religious education

    Religious leaders reject terrorist groups' radical interpretations of Islam, using scholarship and social media to challenge violent narratives.

  • Terrorism

    2025-06-06

    Extremists prey on poor, uneducated to expand, survey respondents affirm

    Al-Qaeda is targeting impoverished regions and the uneducated, according to survey respondents, preying on the most vulnerable to expand.

  • Terrorism

    2025-06-05

    West African nations ready to contribute troops to regional counterterrorism force

    West African bloc pushes forward with regional security plan as countries indicate they will contribute to joint counterterrorism force.

  • Terrorism

    2025-06-04

    US airstrikes coordinated with Somali government target extremist positions

    US forces continue to work with the Somali government and armed forces to degrade al Shabaab’s ability to plan and conduct attacks.

  • Terrorism

    2025-05-29

    Sahel nations rally against rising terror threat after deadly attacks

    African Union calls for urgent regional cooperation to tackle the threat posed by extremist groups and bring an end to their 'cowardly' attacks.

  • Diplomacy

    2025-05-27

    ISIS remnants in Syria further threatened by US-Syria political thaw

    Strategic counterterrorism cooperation between the United States and Syria could make operations to eliminate ISIS more effective, analysts say.

  • Media

    2025-05-24

    ISIS shifts focus to Africa as Middle East influence wanes

    After losing ground in the Middle East, the group changed its focus, highlighting the operations of its affiliates across Africa.

  • Crime Justice

    2025-05-23

    Al-Qaeda exploits women as tools of war through systematic abuse

    In territories under its control, a-Qaeda has subjugated and exploited women, stripping them of basic rights and forcing them into servitude.

  • Media

    2025-05-23

    ISIS's media decline mirrors its battlefield and leadership losses

    The extremist group, which once dominated social media with its slick propaganda, has seen its digital presence crumble as its influence declines.

  • Terrorism

    2025-05-21

    Houthis, al-Qaeda betray fundamental principles with 'unholy alliance' in Yemen

    The onetime enemies have been forced to set aside deep ideological differences as they come under increasing pressure in Yemen.

  • Terrorism

    2025-05-12

    Afghan voices hail collapse of al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate as a blow to extremism

    Religious scholars and analysts view Hurras al-Deen's demise as both a military defeat and an ideological failure.

  • Terrorism

    2025-05-10

    Hurras al-Deen's dissolution exposes al-Qaeda's fragility

    Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate dissolves under military pressure, choosing survival over ideology and revealing the group's hollow convictions.

  • Terrorism

    2025-05-03

    US offers rewards of up to $10 million to counter AQAP's global threat

    Reward money is offered for intelligence on key al-Qaeda leaders and their financial networks as part of efforts to curb the group's global threat.

  • Terrorism

    2025-05-02

    Al-Qaeda flouts Islamic law with journalist, civilian executions claim

    Al-Qaeda's alleged execution of 11 civilians, including a journalist, violates Islamic law and has sparked outrage in Yemen and from media groups.

  • Terrorism

    2025-04-26

    Sahel nations push back against growing terrorist threat

    Governments across Africa's Sahel region have made notable progress in their efforts to rid their nations of al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliates.

  • Terrorism

    2025-04-16

    In Africa's Sahel region, as elsewhere, al-Qaeda engages in un-Islamic carnage

    Religious scholars denounce the group's campaign of violence on the African continent as it engages in terror attacks targeting civilians.

  • Terrorism

    2025-04-10

    Africa's Sahel region emerges as new 'epicenter of global terrorism'

    More than half of global terrorism deaths occur in the Sahel, with 17 of the 20 deadliest attacks taking place in the region, new report reveals.

  • Terrorism

    2025-04-04

    'Calculated opportunism' of al-Qaeda affiliates erodes group's core ideology

    As al-Qaeda's core is weakened by sustained military pressure, some affiliates have abandoned its hardline doctrine to ensure their survival.