ADF STAFF As Burkina Faso endures deadly attacks by extremist groups, the transitional government is enacting a controversial counterterror strategy…
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ADF STAFF Benin’s W National Park sits on the country’s northern border, which has become the frontline in the battle…
ADF STAFF Decades of simmering ethnic tensions in the northern Ghanaian town of Bawku recently boiled over into armed violence.…
ADF STAFF Odd videos began circulating on social media in Burkina Faso in January, showing a diverse group of people…
ADF STAFF After losing tens of thousands of its mercenaries fighting in Ukraine, the Wagner Group has begun to scale…
ADF STAFF People walk freely between Ghana and Burkina Faso where the towns of Paga and Dakola are joined. Aside…
ADF STAFF Porous borders and weak enforcement have turned certain regions into highways for international drug trafficking, which in turn…
ADF STAFF The recent outbreak of coups in West Africa has cast a spotlight on some shortcomings in transitioning back…
ADF STAFF The spread of extremist violence in West Africa gave this year’s Exercise Flintlock an air of urgency, as…
ADF STAFF “The Grey Zone” is the name of the Telegram channel affiliated with Russia’s Wager Group mercenaries — a…