As 2024 ended, Sahel security remained dire. Terror attacks led by an affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) group were…
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Somali security forces in 2022 reclaimed the town of Adan Yabaal, a logistical hub for the government forces, from the…
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…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced plans to activate its standby force as terrorism from Burkina…
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) on March 13 announced the termination and phased withdrawal of its military mission in…
The Islamic State group (IS) aims to expand its terrorism beyond the Sahel region and into North Africa and West…
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…