ADF STAFF In the darkness of early morning on January 26, a team of Malian soldiers and Russian mercenaries rushed…
Browsing: Sahel
ADF STAFF With thousands of adherents spread across the Sahel and Somalia, al-Qaida and the Islamic State group (IS) have…
ADF STAFF Some have called it West Africa’s “Brexit.” Others referred to Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger as “the three…
ADF STAFF Three military-led countries — Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger — dealt a blow to the Economic Community of…
ADF STAFF The United Arab Emirates has deployed troops to train Chadian Soldiers in warfare and how to operate donated…
ADF STAFF Growing up in internally displaced persons camps in northern Uganda in the 1980s, Hakim Owiny was surrounded by…
ADF STAFF Armed groups in Niger have increasingly targeted schools to try to recruit new members and destabilize the country.…
ADF STAFF Ahmed was crossing Mali in an attempt to reach Europe when he was waylaid by extremists and forced…
ADF STAFF For years, Mali’s government and army have had virtually no presence in the strategic northern town of Kidal.…
ADF STAFF John Momo is a 27-year-old seventh-grade dropout struggling with drug addiction in the notorious Zimbabwe ghetto in Paynesville,…