To help Mauritania address growing security threats from the Sahel region and West Africa, the United States government in December…
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Battles between rival terror groups in the Lake Chad basin are causing residents to flee and stirring panic in surrounding…
Nigeria is getting closer to adopting a new disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) program that aims to rehabilitate former combatants…
Nigerian authorities killed more than 200 bandits in early January during an attack on a camp in central Kogi State.…
Tunisia has received counterterrorism equipment worth $1.4 million from the United States government, a move thatbolsters the countries’ security partnership.…
As 2025 ended, military leaders deposed elected governments in Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar. A putsch attempt in Benin failed after regional…
To help address increasingly complex security challenges, the Nigerian Navy has begun training to support security forces involved in land…
The al-Qaida-linked terror group al-Shabaab has surrounded Mogadishu and threatens to seize Somalia’s national capital with ongoing, brazen attacks in…
Mali’s military junta has failed to stem the momentum of the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terror group, and analysts say…
A new Tigrayan rebel group is clashing with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), conducting raids on civilians in the…