JNIM: How an al-Qaeda ally became Africa’s most dangerous jihadist group and why the US should worryJama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin is a dangerous group. It is causing instability in West Africa. The group formed in 2017. It has grown...
07 Jul, 2025, 10.52 AM IST
Why did al-Qaida linked terrorist group abduct Indians in Mali? Relative shares chilling accountAn Indian national, P Venkataraman, was abducted in Mali. He was kidnapped by an al-Qaeda linked terrorist group. The terrorists are demand...
06 Jul, 2025, 08.00 PM IST
3 Indians abducted in Mali; MEA asks West African nation to secure their safe releaseIndia has voiced serious concerns over the abduction of three of its citizens in Mali, following a series of terrorist attacks. The Indian ...
03 Jul, 2025, 09.08 AM IST
Info gathering, supplies, attacks: women's roles in Jihadist groupsRussian mercenaries from the Wagner group launched a raid in Mali's Wela village targeting a woman suspected of aiding jihadists. Women in ...
11 Mar, 2025, 01.18 PM IST
Mali military camp is attacked a day after 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed in assaultsA military camp in Mali's north was attacked following two separate assaults by al-Qaeda-linked insurgents that killed 49 civilians and 15 ...
08 Sep, 2023, 04.46 PM IST
10 civilians, three soldiers killed in Mali amid 'resurgence' of violenceA wave of violence claimed the lives of ten civilians and three soldiers in Mali, where 88 jihadists were "neutralised" on Saturday, accord...
23 Apr, 2023, 06.35 AM IST
India condemns terror attack in Mali"India strongly condemns the barbaric terrorist attack on a camp of Malian Armed Forces on 4 March 2022 at Mondoro in the central region of...
08 Mar, 2022, 02.36 PM IST
49 killed in Niger armed attackThe "prompt and vigorous reaction" by the Defense and Security Forces (FDS), "made it possible to repel the attack and inflict heavy losses...
12 Jul, 2021, 11.11 AM IST
Two Mali soldiers die in suspected jihadist ambush"Two of our men were killed by terrorists on Saturday night in an attack on one of our checkpoints, 60 kilometres (40 miles) southwest of G...
14 Jun, 2021, 03.08 PM IST
Fighting menace of terrorism requires robust support from UNSC, international community: IndiaSpeaking at the UN Security Council meeting on UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), India's Deputy Perma...
13 Jan, 2021, 10.54 PM IST
Niger announces 3-day national mourning after deadly attacks on 2 villages"It was decided [to declare] a three-day national mourning, as well as to strengthen security in the area and provide support to the popula...
05 Jan, 2021, 09.22 AM IST
French airstrikes kill over 50 Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in central MaliThe offensive took place on Friday in an area near the borders of Burkina Faso and Niger, where government troops are struggling to rout an...
03 Nov, 2020, 10.30 AM IST
French forces kill leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic MaghrebDroukdel was killed on Thursday near the Algerian border, where the group has bases from which it has carried out attacks and abductions of...
06 Jun, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
US Senators honour Mali terror victim Anita Ashok DatarDatar, 41, died in a Mali hotel siege in November last. She was the only American citizen killed in the deadly attack.
05 Feb, 2016, 12.22 PM IST
France, India on same boat in fighting terror: FabiusVowing to continue its "strong" response against perpetrators of Paris attack, France said India was on the "same boat" in fighting terrori...
20 Nov, 2015, 08.34 PM IST
20 Indians staying in hotel taken hostage by militants in Mali hotelThe Indian embassy in Mali is tracking the developments and is in touch with the authorities monitoring the situation. The Indians work for...
20 Nov, 2015, 07.01 PM IST
Mumbai attack provided template for mall attack in KenyaOfficials in New Delhi are drawing similarities in the attack on Nairobi's upscale Westgate mall with the 2008 Mumbai attacks
24 Sep, 2013, 05.07 AM IST