{"id":106950,"date":"2026-02-27T04:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T04:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/106950\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T04:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T04:43:10","slug":"why-terrorism-continues-to-expand-in-the-nigeria-niger-benin-tri-border-area-table-briefings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/106950\/","title":{"rendered":"Why terrorism continues to expand in the Nigeria\u2013Niger\u2013Benin tri-border area \u2022 Table.Briefings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-base md:text-xl font-semibold text-gray-700 leading-relaxed\">\n                Terrorism is spreading ever further south from the Sahel. Attacks are primarily carried out by groups affiliated with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS). However, another actor is repeatedly emerging \u2013 though its real influence remains disputed among analysts.\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lucia-weiss.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" class=\"w-full h-full rounded-full\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                            27. February 2026\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                Recipients need a subscription to read\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772167390_49_lucia-weiss.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" class=\"w-full h-full rounded-full\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        27. February 2026\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                Recipients need a subscription to read\n            <\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tankstelle-bamako.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" class=\"w-full md:h-auto print:h-auto object-cover rounded-lg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        People wait at a gas station in Bamako after JNIM restricted fuel imports. (picture alliance \/ ASSOCIATED PRESS | Uncredited)    <\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-12 text-sm text-gray-600\">\n            Last updated: 27. February 2026\n        <\/p>\n<p>            Share article:<\/p>\n<p>\n                Recipients need a subscription to read\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terrorism is spreading ever further south from the Sahel. Attacks are primarily carried out by groups affiliated with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[63,654,60402,2931,122,13437,2520],"class_list":{"0":"post-106950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-benin","10":"tag-islamism","11":"tag-niger","12":"tag-nigeria","13":"tag-sahel","14":"tag-terrorism"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116140769445655656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}