ADF STAFF Musa Barkame once made his living transporting goods by boat across Lake Chad to markets in Nigeria. All…
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ADF STAFF Since Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries arrived in Mali, civilians have been increasingly caught in their crosshairs. After hundreds…
ADF STAFF In a West African region known for the proliferation of violent extremist organizations, Mauritania stands out for its…
ADF STAFF When the Islamist extremist group Ansar al-Sunna began spreading terror in the Cabo Delgado province of northern Mozambique…
ADF STAFF Insecurity, hunger, drought, inflation and poverty haunt Malian civilians daily as the country deals with a confluence of…
ADF STAFF The scene has played out repeatedly across the Sahel in recent years: A group of military officers take…
ADF STAFF At a training facility in Jacqueville, Côte d’Ivoire, Soldiers with Ghana’s Special Forces Unit leaned a metal ladder…
ADF STAFF Experts have long insisted that the success of Mozambique’s counterinsurgency operation in the northern province of Cabo Delgado…
ADF STAFF The attackers came in six wooden canoes. One with a small motor towed the rest. In the fading…
ADF STAFF It’s impossible to say how many lives might have been saved when five people connected to a branch…