The recent attack on a Malian Army base near the community of Aguelhok was the…
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Yusuf was 5 years old on the night that Islamic State group terrorists on motorcycles…
Secret meetings, fake documents, smear campaigns and paid local influencers. These were some of the…
Al-Shabaab’s attack last October on the Godka Jilacow prison in Mogadishu took place with the…
The defense partnership between Kenya and France reached a new phase in mid-March when three…
Four Chinese fishing vessels in late February were found operating illegally inside South Africa’s exclusive…
Algeria expanded African nations’ presence in space this year with the launch of two satellites…
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) said a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) airstrike that killed…
As they seek to exert more control over portions of northeastern Nigeria, terrorist groups have…
When deadly floods swept through Gabarone, Botswana, in February 2025, the Botswana Defence Force swung…
Gen. Charles Muriu Kahariri, Kenya’s chief of the defense forces, gave the opening remarks at…