The sources take into account the so-called 2025 Global Terrorism Index (GTI), published by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace, which indicates an increase in such attacks last year compared to 2023.
The report indicates that the Sahel also accounted for 19 percent of all terrorist attacks worldwide in 2024.
Within this unfortunate figure, Burkina Faso remains the most affected nation in that region, with more than 700 deaths recorded due to the actions of Islamist factions operating in that territory.
The report states that following are Niger, Nigeria, and Mali, where armed groups such as the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), the Islamist group Boko Haram, and the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims ((Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen, JNIM, in Arabic), an al-Qa’ida affiliate in the Sahel, also operate.
Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali are part of the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS). It formed after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed economic and diplomatic sanctions on the three nations for refusing to initiate a process of return to civil government following the overthrow of their respective presidents.
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