ADF STAFF The coup in Niger is the latest in a sharp rise of military takeovers that have undercut decades…
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ADF STAFF The number of terrorist attacks in Africa rose from 330 in 2000 to 2,365 in 2018, according to…
ADF STAFF Piracy is drastically declining in the Gulf of Guinea, but experts say more can be done to eliminate…
ADF STAFF Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack that killed six civilians and three Soldiers at the Pearl Beach Hotel…
ADF STAFF Decades of warfare, corruption and ethnic conflict have left West Africa awash in small arms that continue to…
ADF STAFF The world was shocked last year at the deaths of nearly 70 children in The Gambia that were…
ADF STAFF In late 2022, Togolese gendarmes stormed a restaurant in a counterterrorism exercise that simulated a response to a…
ADF STAFF Less than two years after Guinea’s military seized power from then-President Alpha Condé, the junta is facing a…
ADF STAFF Crime organizations and terrorist groups have woven a complex trafficking network moving illicit goods such as assault-style rifles,…
ADF STAFF With cocaine trafficking at its highest recorded level, West Africa is battling both crime and addiction. The region…