ISLAMIC STATE SAHEL PROVINCE (ISSP) Archives

Terrorist Footprint Grows in Africa As 4 Regions Accounted For 98% Of Terrorism-related Deaths In 2025

Global UpfrontMay 24, 2026May 24, 20260

By ADF An expanding swath of Islamic terrorism stretching from western Mali through the Lake Chad Basin to Somalia and Mozambique accounted for nearly all

Islamic State Expands Reach in Sahel

Global UpfrontMay 11, 2026May 11, 20260

Published in South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Research by Ksenia Kumanina Recommendations Executive Summary On 29 January 2026, Islamic State–Sahel Province (IS-SP) targeted

AES States Seeks To Strengthen Counterterrorism Efforts Through Unified Force

Global UpfrontMay 6, 2026May 6, 20260

By Africa Defense Forum The Alliance of Sahel States’ new Unified Force (AES Unified Force) seeks to strengthen counterterrorism efforts in Burkina Faso, Mali and

Northwest, Central Nigeria Emerge As Hub for Sahelian Terrorists

Global UpfrontApr 18, 2026April 18, 20260

Lakurawa terrorists' location after a bombing attack

Benin, Nigeria Unite Against Terrorism

Global UpfrontApr 4, 2026April 4, 20260

By ADF Coastal West African countries are strengthening counterterrorism partnerships after the 2025 rupture with Sahelian nations that crippled the G5 Sahel Joint Force and

American Missionary Pilot Kevin Rideout Abducted By Suspected Jihadists in Niger Republic, Still in Captivity

Global UpfrontOct 26, 2025October 26, 20250

By Caleb Weiss, @Caleb_Weiss7 On Tuesday, Kevin Rideout, an American Christian missionary in the West African state of Niger, was abducted from his home in

Military Rule And Terror In The Sahel

Global UpfrontSep 9, 2025September 9, 20250

Leadership Editorial, Tuesday September 9, 2025 Within the period spanning year 2024 and 2025, the African Sahel may have solidified its grim status as the

Niger Republic: Death Toll From Eknewan Attack Rises To 64 As More Soldiers Succumb To Injuries

Global UpfrontMay 30, 2025May 30, 20250

The death toll from the deadly terrorist ambush on a Nigerien military convoy in Eknewan has risen to 64, following the deaths of six more

Islamic State Sahel Province Claims Lakurawa Group As Operational Wing, Establishes Cross-Border Corridor Linking Mali to Lake Chad Axis

Global UpfrontMay 11, 2025May 11, 20250

By Zagazola Makama The Islamic State in the Sahel Province (ISSP) has officially recognized the Lakurawa Group as its clandestine operational wing, formalizing a strategic

Nigeria Works To Tighten Controls Over ISWAP’s Methods Of Financing

Global UpfrontMar 20, 2025March 20, 20250

By ADF The Islamic State group’s two affiliates in West Africa rely on both modern cryptocurrency and hawala, a traditional person-to-person exchange, to finance their