Security & Defense Bound

Two soldiers died and a dozen "terrorists" were killed on Monday during an attack against a military detachment in Burkina Faso's jihadist-hit north, the army said. The landlocked African state is in the grip of a seven-year-old insurgency that has claimed more than...

Three United Nations peacekeepers were hurt Sunday when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) in northern Mali, the UN mission said on Twitter.  The incident happened on a road between Ber and Timbuktu, MINUSMA said late Sunday, without identifying...

Western Sahara independence movement the Polisario Front has warned organisers of the Africa Eco Race not to pass through the territory disputed with Morocco, describing it as a "war zone". The organisers had announced the October 15-30 auto rally would cross through...

Ivory Coast has accused Bamako of "hostage taking" after its neighbour laid out conditions for the release of 46 Ivorian soldiers held in Mali for two months. "It's a hostage-taking that will not remain without consequences," a source close to the Ivorian presidency...