Coastal West African countries are strengthening counterterrorism partnerships after the 2025 rupture with Sahelian nations that crippled the G5 Sahel…
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An attack on a military outpost in Kofouno, Benin, in early March was the latest demonstration that terrorists with Jama’at…
Maj. Gen. Fructueux Gbaguidi, an Army officer with more than 35 years of experience, has studied and trained at institutions…
In a grueling, eight-day exercise spread across three departments in Benin’s southern zone, members of the National Guard were pushed to…
Just before the sun began its evening retreat in the skies over Lagos, Nigeria, on January 27, 2002, a fire…
Lakurawa, which began as a self-defense force in northwestern Nigeria, has evolved into a Boko Haram-aligned terrorist organization, preying on…
West Africa’s eighth successful coup in the last five years took place in Guinea-Bissau on November 26. Just 11 days…
Nigeria’s security forces have reorganized and refocused their efforts along the country’s northern and western borders in recent weeks. Newly…
In the wake of a surge of refugees from neighboring Mali, Côte d’Ivoire is adding security forces along its northern…
As Sahel-based terrorist groups continue to look southward to expand their territory, resources, recruitment base and illicit trafficking, officials are…