It has been two years since Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani overthrew Niger’s democratically elected president and pledged to restore security to…
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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…
The Nigerian Armed Forces expects to host chiefs of defense from all 54 African nations at a summit in Abuja…
Across Africa, so-called “ungoverned spaces” serve as breeding grounds for terrorist organizations as well as transit points for weapons, drugs…
Before the terrorists came, Dagodji was a thriving village alongside the Niger River in central Mali. There was bustling agriculture,…
After the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, Russia has scrambled to transfer military equipment to other…
Al-Qaida-linked terrorists attacked seven Malian military posts July 1 in a series of coordinated, simultaneous early-morning assaults on urban centers…
Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group is being replaced in the Sahel by the state-controlled Africa Corps. However, it seems unlikely…
The military government of Niger has terminated its intelligence cooperation with Russia and Turkey, saying the surveillance systems and related…