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West Africa’s roads are more than trade routes. They have become the front lines of the region’s expanding wars. In…

In 2005, terrorism was just beginning to take root in the Sahel and threatening other parts of the continent. As…

As technology plays a larger and larger role in special operations forces (SOF) missions, leaders still believe that it is…

As 2025 wound down, four African regions continued to endure terrorist threats: the Sahel, particularly Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger;…

Maj. Gen. Peter Muteti was named deputy force commander in charge of support and logistics for the African Union Transition…

Islamic State group terrorists have burrowed into the Cal Miskaad mountains in Somalia’s northern Puntland region. From those hovels, hewn…

African governments for decades have grappled with the destabilizing effects of private military companies (PMCs), mercenaries and paramilitary groups, which…

When Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) extremists launched four simultaneous deadly attacks against Nigerian military forces in late October…

Photos by Minusca It was a rare moment of joy in the Central African Republic village of Sanguéré-Lim as fighters…

The al-Qaida-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin carried out a sweeping coordinated attack on seven military locations in western Mali, including…