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Shadowy Funding Streams Finance ISWAP Attacks

Global UpfrontJun 10, 2025June 10, 20250

By ADF The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group has launched at least 12 attacks on military bases and infrastructure across northeast Nigeria since March.

Funding Terror: How West Africa’s Deadly Jihadists Get The Money They Need To Survive

Global UpfrontMay 26, 2025May 26, 20250

By Egodi Uchendu & Muhammed Sani Dangusau The West Africa–Sahel region has seen a proliferation of militant Islamist groups since the 1990s. One of the

Cattle Theft Finances Terrorism, Fuels Ethnic Tensions in Sahel, West Africa

Global UpfrontMay 7, 2025May 7, 20250

By ADF A Fulani herder named Musa was asleep at his home in northeast Nigeria in early April when he and his family heard gunfire

Nigeria: EFCC, Army, Immigration Partner Against Terrorism Financing

Global UpfrontApr 10, 2025April 10, 20250

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it has renewed its collaboration with the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)

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

Congressman Perry’s “Shocking” Claims USAID Funded Boko Haram Terror Group “Is Blatantly False”

Global UpfrontFeb 15, 2025February 15, 20250

By Emmanuel Ogebe I was shocked to see comments by Congressman Scott Perry that USAID is funding Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria. As the topmost

Nigeria Has Convicted Over 100 Terrorism Financiers – Tinubu

Global UpfrontJan 22, 2025January 22, 20250

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday announced that over 100 terrorism financiers have been prosecuted and convicted in the last two years. Speaking at the

Disband NIA, DSS For Inability To Track Terrorism Sponsors – Major General Ishola Williams (rtd)

Global UpfrontJan 12, 2025January 12, 20250

Former Commandant of Nigerian Army Signals, Commander Training and Doctrine Command and Chief of Defence Training and Planning (CTOP), Major General Ishola Williams (rtd), speaks

EFCC Gets Court Nod To Freeze 24 Bank Accounts Over Alleged Terrorism Financing, Money Laundering, Currency Manipulation

Global UpfrontDec 31, 2024December 31, 20240

A Federal High Court in Abuja has okayed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s application to freeze 24 bank accounts domiciled in different banks

Boko Haram’s Cattle Rustling: Funding Terrorism And Exerting Control In The Lake Chad Basin

Global UpfrontDec 15, 2024December 15, 20240

By Oluwole Ojewale and Raoul Sumo Tayo In Africa, transnational cattle rustling – the forceful theft of livestock for illicit commercial gain – is increasingly