Aggressive Islamist groups in Africa continue to be the most active agents of instability across five theaters on the continent. At least 20,000 fatalities linked to these groups over the past year ...

Al-Qaeda militants are moving closer to seizing the capital of the West African nation of Mali, which, should the city fall, would become the first country in the world run by the terrorist group.

If the jihadists succeed in taking Mali, it would become the first country run by the group. The U.S. has warned its citizens ...