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Trial opens over Charlie Hebdo terror attacks that stunned France

World Valentin Bontemps & Anne-Sophie Lasserre - 2 Sep 2020

14 people accused of helping jihadist gunmen storm the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket went on trial on Wednesday, five years after three days of terror sent shock waves through France

Isis is not driving the Cabo Delgado war

Africa Joseph Hanlon - 25 Aug 2020

Can Frelimo and its backers continue to profit from a failing state while an armed insurgency rages in northern Mozambique? And will South Africa help prop them up?

The SADC will regret its approach to Mozambique’s insurgence

Africa Webster Zambara & Annah Moyo-Kupeta - 13 Jul 2020

The SADC has been lackadaisical in its response to the insurgency in Mozambique and in so doing, is putting several other southern African countries at risk

The pandemic has shifted patterns of conflict in Africa

Africa Clionadh Raleigh - 22 Jun 2020

Although the overall rate of conflict has remained steady in Africa during the past 10 weeks of the pandemic, the nature of this is changing in subtle but significant ways

Armed militants wage war on Burkina Faso’s schools

Africa Birgit Schwarz - 26 May 2020

A survivor tells of how Islamists carrying AK-47s arrived on motorbikes, forced fleeing children to lie on the ground and beat teachers before setting a building on fire

Making sense of Mozambique’s brutal insurgency

Africa Paolo Israel - 4 May 2020

The violence in Cabo Delgado province by al-Shabaab (the youth) can be linked to jihadist influence, the continued marginalisation of Muslim people, and the lure of income from trafficking natural resources

Covid-19 in Africa: The good news and the bad

Africa Judd Devermont & Simon Allison - 2 May 2020

What might Africa look like in the wake of the pandemic? There’s enough change happening to keep both optimists happy and pessimists glum

The insurgency in northern Mozambique has got worse. Why?

Africa Alex Vines - 31 Mar 2020

Mozambique needs to restructure its defence force and build an alliance with its neighbour Tanzania in preparation for a drawn-out struggle against ‘jihadists’

Conflict is escalating in central Mali, says Human Rights Watch

Africa Simon Allison - 10 Feb 2020

Last year was the deadliest for civilians since the current political crisis began in 2012. And the fighting is also increasing in neighbouring countries

In limbo: ‘Isis children’ in prison

Article Staff Reporter - 18 Jan 2019

Iraq grapples with how to handle an unprecedented number of minors, many of whom were beaten into confession

Order signed for US military’s controversial Syria exit

Article Wg Dunlop & Maggy Donaldson - 24 Dec 2018

Both US politicians and international allies fear the withdrawal is premature and would further destabilise the already devastated region

Military ignored Mosul war-wounded

Article Jonathan Whittall 2 - 24 Aug 2018

In ridding the city of the Islamic State, its health system was gutted, affecting 1.8-million residents

Guns and roses: Afghan farmers enjoy sweet smell of success

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Jul 2018

'The roses are much better... I make good money from roses. They are resistant and don't require as much expense or work'

Boko Haram frees most of abducted Dapchi schoolgirls

Africa Aminu Abubakar - 21 Mar 2018

The Dapchi kidnapping on February 19 brought back painful memories of a similar abduction in Chibok in April 2014, when more than 200 girls were taken

What to expect from the next round of Syria talks

Article Barbara Bibbo - 27 Nov 2017

After months of stalemate, the Syrian talks are expected to focus primarily on a new constitution and elections and two reforms proposed by the UN.

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Latest articles on Islamic State

Trial opens over Charlie Hebdo terror attacks that stunned France

Isis is not driving the Cabo Delgado war

The SADC will regret its approach to Mozambique’s insurgence

The pandemic has shifted patterns of conflict in Africa

Armed militants wage war on Burkina Faso’s schools

Making sense of Mozambique’s brutal insurgency

Covid-19 in Africa: The good news and the bad

The insurgency in northern Mozambique has got worse. Why?

Conflict is escalating in central Mali, says Human Rights Watch

In limbo: ‘Isis children’ in prison

Order signed for US military’s controversial Syria exit

Military ignored Mosul war-wounded

Guns and roses: Afghan farmers enjoy sweet smell of success

Boko Haram frees most of abducted Dapchi schoolgirls

What to expect from the next round of Syria talks

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