Authorities blame the deadly attack in the town of Kokorou on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, an ISIL affiliate.

WEST AFRICAN KINGDOMS: THE KINGDOM OF GHANA The ... One of these towns, inhabited by Muslims, is large and possesses twelve mosques, in one of which they assemble for the Friday prayer.

Heavily armed jihadists encircled a mosque, where people had gathered ... The insurgency in West Africa's Sahel region started when Islamist militants took over territory in north Mali after ...

Niamey, Mar. 22, (dpa/GNA) – Forty-four people have been killed in a terrorist attack on a mosque in Niger, authorities in the West African country said on Saturday. Suspected members of the ...

"The egregious attack on the Fambita Mosque - during Friday prayers in ... and more recently into some other coastal West African nations. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed characterised ...

Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country's defence ministry said.

Burkina Faso and Mali known as the epicentre of a jihadist insurgency in West Africa linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State.

West Africa’s Sahel region has seen an uptick ... in the afternoon as people were attending a prayer service at the mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “The heavily armed ...