As 2024 ended, Sahel security remained dire. Terror attacks led by an affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) group were…
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For the second year in a row, Burkina Faso is the nation most affected by terrorism in the world, according…
The three nations that make up the Alliance of Sahel States are home to terror groups that threaten to spread…
Graphic videos of a massacre in villages surrounding the western Burkina Faso town of Solenzo spread rapidly on social media…
Across the northern reaches of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Togo, there is relative peace compared to the dire situation in…
Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta in mid-March announced it was recruiting 14,000 soldiers to fight rebels affiliated with al-Qaida and…
Drones have become a major component of military campaigns across Africa in recent years. Although they have led to some…
Experts are alarmed at growing violence in the Sahel and the possibility of extremist groups consolidating gains to form a…
ADF STAFF Three vast, connected national parks in West Africa — the W, Arly and Pendjari — are known as…
Faced with a rising tide of external threats in the north, Benin has spent much of the past eight years…