Fatalities linked to militant Islamist violence in Africa have surged by nearly 60 percent since 2021, though this is marked by widely varying regional threat trajectories, actors, and ...

The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a jihadist terrorist group, reportedly earns about $191 million (about N291 ...

France’s withdrawal signals the decline of its traditional cultural and political dominance in Francophone Africa. The ...

France’s pullout from West Africa follows two precepts. By dropping Françafrique, President Macron pulls two popular flags ...

With the political leaders of francophone Africa increasingly turning their backs on their former colonial rulers, French ...

Last year Burkina Faso’s military president, Ibrahim Traore, indefinitely postponed an election planned for July 2024, saying it was “not a priority.” There is no end in sight for Guinea’s ...

FILE - The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger, gather for their extraordinary meeting in ...

By joining ATI, Burkina, Chad and Senegal will be able to accelerate crucial investment and better cope with the pandemic. Benin, who has been a member since 2012, will further benefit from ATI ...

FILE - The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger, gather for their extraordinary meeting in ...

The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries, excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger, gather on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, for their ...