Islamist militants fighting for factions affiliated with al-Qaida and the Islamic State group (IS) are expanding across national borders in…
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Guineans received surprising news in late March, when the government announced that it had dismantled a suspected terrorist network linked…
Three Mexican nationals were among nine people arrested by Nigerian authorities on May 20 at the largest industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory…
Nigerian authorities arrested a Chinese grandmother in mid-May when they discovered more than 1,825,000 tablets of Indian tapentadol worth nearly…
The 15th iteration of Obangame Express (OE26) returned in April to Cameroon, the country that first hosted the maritime security…
As the Economic Community of West African States prepares to establish a regional force to combat terrorism and security threats,…
From the ports of Cameroon to the islands of Comoros, Russian vessels are increasingly registering tankers under African flags to keep…
A security specialist says that the terrorist group al-Shabaab and other extremist organizations are learning to move faster as they…
Artisanal fishing had sustained Ibrahima Mar’s family for generations. But Mar, a resident of Rufisque, a suburb of Dakar, has…
Arms imports in West Africa have climbed in the past decade, even as weaponry sales in much of the rest…