In the cattle markets of northern Ghana, butchers and brokers have decades of experience buying cattle from herders in Burkina…
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Terrorists have killed more than 150,000 people across Africa over the past decade, with most of that violence taking place…
The modern incarnation of fighters for hire in Africa, known as private military companies (PMCs), such as Russia’s Wagner Group,…
The Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terror group stormed a Malian military base in Boulkessi at dawn June 1 and…
As terrorist groups grow in sophistication and continue to expand beyond the Sahel, countries throughout West Africa are finding it…
The year 2021 was marked by four coups in Africa. It was the crest of a wave of military rulers…
An attack by the Islamic State-Sahel Province using suicide drones targeting an army post in Eknewan near the border with…
It has been two years since Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani overthrew Niger’s democratically elected president and pledged to restore security to…
The Islamic State group’s attack on Puntland Defense Forces early in 2025 represented a key change in tactics and technology…
Across the vast expanses of rural Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, residents feel little influence from their central governments. That…