US EditionWhy the Sahel Is Now the World’s Deadliest Region for Terrorism
Jihadist groups Islamic State and JNIM caused nearly half of global terrorism deaths in the Sahel in 2025, with Nigeria seeing a 46% increase in fatalities, the report said.
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Why the Sahel is now the world’s deadliest region for terrorism
The Sahel has become the world’s most deadly region for terrorism, with nearly half of all global deaths now taking place there. This marks a long-term shift away from the Middle East and North Africa, recent data shows.
Sahel accounts for nearly half of all terror-related deaths: report
The Sahel region of Africa, which has become the "global epicentre of terrorism," accounted for nearly half of all terrorism-related deaths for the third consecutive year in 2025, the Global Terrorism Report said Thursday.
Nearly half of the deaths attributed to "terrorism" took place in the Sahel in 2025, says an Australian think tank. These deaths have been almost tenfold in the region since 2019.
Nigeria jumps to 4th as Sahel crisis drives global terror deaths
Nigeria has climbed to fourth position among the world’s most terrorism-affected countries, as the Sahel region continues to dominate global fatalities linked to extremist violence, a new report has revealed. The latest Global Terrorism Index, released by the Institute for Economics and Peace, shows that the Sahel accounted for nearly half of all terrorism-related deaths […]
The Sahel remains, for the third consecutive year, the region of the world most affected by terrorism. According to the latest edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2025, published by the Australian think tank Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), nearly half of the 7,555 terrorist-related deaths recorded worldwide in 2024 were recorded in this Sahelian band that crosses West Africa.
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