Faced with a rising tide of external threats in the north, Benin has spent much of the past eight years…
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Overdose deaths by users of the synthetic drug “kush” are on the rise in West Africa, where new drug consumption…
For decades, The Gambia has been a major source of African rosewood, which is prized by Chinese furniture makers for…
ADF STAFF Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar recently said the Nigerian Air Force is experiencing a “Golden Era,” marked by the…
ADF STAFF Ghana in early January bolstered its maritime security capabilities when it commissioned a forward operating base in Ezinlibo,…
ADF STAFF James was riding his motorcycle through northwest Burkina Faso on his way to Senegal when armed extremists abducted,…
ADF STAFF Among the most pressing issues that must be addressed by Ghana’s new president, John Dramani Mahama, is devising…
ADF STAFF As part of the fight against illegal fishing, drug and human trafficking, piracy, oil theft, and other sea…
ADF STAFF The Nigerian Air Force, working as part of Operation Hadarin Daji, killed Zamfara-based bandit leader Kachalla Halilu Sububu…
ADF STAFF Northern Ghana has emerged as a logistical base from which violent extremist organizations from Burkina Faso launch attacks…