A decade-long jihadist insurgency across Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, now accounting for over half of global terrorism deaths and displacing millions.
Somalia's largest armed insurgency and al-Qaeda's primary East African affiliate, controlling southern territory and pushing toward Mogadishu as of mid-2026.
An al-Qaeda raid on Diori Hamani International, Niger's air-force base and drone fleet, killed 11 soldiers and 2 civilians, the second strike on the airport this year as Sahel jihadists move on cities
Al-Qaeda's Sahel affiliate has torched 300+ tankers and cut National Road 1; petrol in the capital reportedly jumped 400%, and a 1 June landmine on the Bamako-Kayes highway killed 8