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Al-Qaida

September 2026

  • Three armed men, with faces covered by scarves, standing against a metal door and a graffiti-covered wall.

    Al-Qaida and IS-linked violence in Africa’s Sahel belt set to hit record levels this year

  • The CIA seal on a floor as a person walks on it.

    CIA releases dozens of presidential daily briefs on Bin Laden and al-Qaida from before 9/11

  • Jason Burke

    double quotation markOsama bin Laden shook the world on 9/11. Today it is clear how his wider plans failed

    Jason Burke
  • people hold photos of their loved ones

    Victim families say it has ‘taken way too long’ to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for alleged support on 9/11

August 2026

  • Soldiers patrol in the streets of Niamey

    American missionary kidnapped in Niger freed after nine months

    Kevin Rideout, who was abducted by unknown assailants in Niamey, said to be in good health and in care of US officials

May 2026

  • Ivorian soldiers patrolling on the back of a pick-up truck in Tougbo in the north-east near Burkina Faso's border last October.

    Côte d’Ivoire wary of jihadist threat in north 10 years on from major attack

  • A fighter in desert fatigues with his head wrapped in a scarf and carrying a gun leans over a crater in dry desert soil. Another fighter looks on from a pick-up truck behind him. There are small single-storey and low-rise buildings and shelters in the background.

    Mali’s forces target rebel alliance in junta’s fight to keep power

April 2026

  • Al-Qaida-linked rebels patrol Kidal in northern Mali

    Russia claims its Africa Corps group prevented coup in Mali after rebels seize towns

  • TOPSHOT-MALI-UNRESTTOPSHOT - A column of black smoke rises above buildings as traffic passes the Africa Tower monument in Bamako on April 26, 2026. April 25, 2026's shock attacks, synchronised by Tuareg rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) coalition and the jihadist Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), targeted several areas in the vast arid country. Smoke rises above buildings in Bamako during rebel and jihadist attacks on Mali

    Taking power in Mali might be a stretch but insurgents can force hand of weakened regime

  • Vladimir Putin shaking hands with Assimi Goïta in a formally dressed room

    Mali’s militant attacks expose limits of Putin’s power in Africa

  • Black smoke rises above Bamako's Africa Tower monument amid ongoing conflict

    Mali in turmoil after insurgents seize towns and kill defence minister

  • Mali defence minister killed amid flurry of insurgent attacks

  • Militants and separatists launch coordinated attacks across Mali

March 2026

  • News Archive, Stamp, U.S. - 12 Sep 2001ATTACKS-FBI KRT PHOTO BY GEORGE BRIDES/KRT (September 12) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FBI Director Robert Mueller, right, talks about the investigation of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington with Attorney General John Ashcroft Wednesday, September 12, 2001. (KRT) NC KD BL 2001 (Horiz) (gsb) News Archive, Stamp, U.S. - 12 Sep 2001

    Robert Mueller obituary

    Former head of the FBI who investigated Russia’s involvement in the 2016 US presidential election

January 2026

  • The silhouette of a man at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.

    UK ministers should explain compensation payment to Guantánamo detainee, Dominic Grieve says

    Former attorney general urges more clarity on British spy agencies’ role in Abu Zubaydah’s torture by CIA

November 2025

  • Mariam Cissé salutes to the camera while wearing combat gear

    TikTok influencer killed in public ‘execution’ as Mali’s jihadist crisis worsens

    Mariam Cissé, who posted videos in support of ruling junta, received death threats before being abducted and killed
  • Dick Cheney pressing the fingers of each hand together while speaking

    Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84

    Cheney, who served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush, will be remembered for controversial role after 9/11
  • People gather with motorbikes at a petrol station in Bamako, Mali

    How al-Qaida-linked jihadist group JNIM is bringing Mali to its knees

    Political instability and fuel shortages caused by rebel group is driving Mali to brink of becoming Islamist republic

October 2025

  • A mural showing soldiers in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

    Sahel-based jihadists are extending their reach. Can a fractured region push back?

    Counterinsurgency approaches have splintered in west Africa at the same time as terror threats have shifted southward

August 2025

  • Two men in white robes carry a black metal box, flanked by military officers

    Ancient manuscripts return to Timbuktu 13 years after jihadist takeover

    Malian city welcomes return of hundreds of crates of treasures after more than a decade stored in capital Bamako
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