Since Sudan’s civil war erupted in April 2023, the production of synthetic drugs such as Captagon, a highly addictive, amphetamine-like…
Browsing: Sahel
Niger’s western Tillabéri region has emerged as the deadliest area in the central Sahel for civilians due to an uptick…
Nine months after Russia replaced and rebranded its mercenaries in Mali as Africa Corps, the mercenaries’ involvement in counterterrorism there…
Sahel terror groups have long used forests to hide, stock up on natural resources and establish bases. Increasingly, these groups…
Russia’s war in Ukraine has drained its weapons supplies, including some slated for export to Africa. China has filled this…
As foreign powers sign business deals and deepen diplomatic ties in Africa, one foreign player operates mostly behind the scenes:…
The terrorist attack on the airport serving Niger’s capital, Niamey, in January provided another example of how Sahelian extremists threaten…
The killers came from the Kainji forest in central Nigeria. By the time they were done, the village of Woro…
Armed groups in the Sahel are exploiting tensions between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Alliance of…
ADF STAFF About 160 suspected members of the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terror group on January 11 attacked three factories…