As Russia struggles with the immense cost of its war in Ukraine, which is entering its fifth year, it has…
Browsing: Burkina Faso
In a grueling, eight-day exercise spread across three departments in Benin’s southern zone, members of the National Guard were pushed to…
As 2025 ended, military leaders deposed elected governments in Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar. A putsch attempt in Benin failed after regional…
Videos of fuel tanker trucks burning on Malian roads began appearing on social media in September 2025, signaling the beginning…
In the wake of a surge of refugees from neighboring Mali, Côte d’Ivoire is adding security forces along its northern…
West Africa’s roads are more than trade routes. They have become the front lines of the region’s expanding wars. In…
As Sahel-based terrorist groups continue to look southward to expand their territory, resources, recruitment base and illicit trafficking, officials are…
In recent years, Africa’s militaries have gone on a drone-buying binge, stocking their arsenals with unmanned aerial vehicles from Turkey,…
When Russian Wagner Group mercenaries arrived in Mali in 2021 at the invitation of the ruling junta, the private military…
In West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire is viewed as a bastion of stability with a strong track record of economic development.…