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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast—Eleven people were sentenced to life in prison in Ivory Coast on Wednesday after being convicted ...

Countries in Africa’s Western Sahel region – including Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – saw a 50% increase in deaths due to conflict in 2022. That is according to figures from the Armed Location and Event Data Project. As violence has spread, so too has Russia’s influence and political instability, with increasing coups and numbers of displaced people. Henry Wilkins reports from Niamey, Niger.

Data say fatalities are up 50% as Burkina Faso undergoes two coups

COTONOU, Benin - It's been more than a year since jihadis first stormed Igor Kassah's town in northern Benin, but the priest still lives in fear

Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which has wracked much of West Africa’s inland Sahel region for more than seven years, is spreading to the region's coastal states and Benin is the hardest hit

Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which has wracked much of West Africa’s inland Sahel region for more than seven years, is spreading to the regions coastal states and Benin is the hardest hit

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/jihadi-violence-hits-benin-shows-spread-across-west-africa/"></div>COTONOU, Benin (AP) — It’s been more than a year since jihadis first stormed Igor Kassah’s town in northern Benin but the priest still lives in fear. His once peaceful life is now marked by threatening phone calls and Islamic extremist diatribes tacked on church doors demanding that people leave. He is haunted by the [&...

Eleven people have been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of an Islamic extremist attack that killed 19 people and injured dozens more on an Ivory Coast tourist beach nearly seven years ago

Analysts say if violence escalates and spreads, it could have far-reaching geopolitical consequences

It’s been more than a year since jihadis first stormed Igor Kassah’s town in northern Benin but the priest still lives in fear. His once peaceful life is now marked by threatening phone calls and Islamic extremist diatribes tacked on church doors demanding that people leave. He is haunted by the bodies he has seen…