The Moroccan security services say the arrested a dozen operatives of an unknown “terrorist group” it named the “Lions...

The Moroccan security services say the arrested a dozen operatives of an unknown “terrorist group” it named the “Lions...
France has officially ended its military presence in Chad, returning the Kossei base to the Chadian government. This...
France’s decades-long military presence in Africa is winding down as countries like Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire announce...
Russian military officials including Moscow's deputy defence minister arrived in Libya on Tuesday after receiving an...
By Aymeric Vincenot: The African Union said Tuesday that it had suspended Niger's membership in the wake of a military...
By Arezki Daoud: As I have been saying for a while, the Malian junta is leveraging its honeymoon period with Russia's...
West African leaders will make negotiations with the military leaders who have seized control in Niger the "bedrock"...
By Camille Malpat with Aminu Abubakar in Kano, Nigeria: Political leaders in Nigeria are urging President Bola Tinubu...
Senegal said Thursday that it will participate if the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decides to...
By Boureima Hama: Niger's new junta on Monday accused France of seeking to "intervene militarily" to reinstate deposed...
By Boureima Hama: Niger's putschists named an army general as the new leader of the unstable jihadist-hit nation on...
Niger's armed forces chief on Thursday declared his support for troops who announced they had seized power, despite a...
By Arezki Daoud: The departure of the French forces and the forthcoming exit from Mali of the UN peacekeeping mission...
At least 31 Burkinabe soldiers and three allied volunteer militiamen (VDP) have been killed in an attack by suspected...
Annual cocaine seizures in the Sahel surged from 13 kilograms (28 pounds) in 2020 to 863 kilos just two years later as...
Armed groups that signed a landmark peace accord in insurgency-hit Mali have alleged widespread fraud during voting in...
Israeli soldiers will for the first time take part in military exercises in Morocco when the biggest war games event...
Three Israeli soldiers and a member of Egypt's security forces were killed Saturday in a rare exchange of fire near...
Gunshots rang out in Libya's capital on Monday following hours of fighting between two armed groups both aligned with...
Two civilians and at least 50 "terrorists" were killed in jihadist-hit northern Burkina Faso when a food convoy being...
Around 20 people in east-central Burkina Faso have been killed in attacks by suspected jihadists, sources said on...
Libyan security forces said Sunday they had deployed in Zawiya after battles between armed groups in the western city...
An Algerian army officer has been killed in a clash with suspected Islamists during an operation southwest of the...
By Fethi Belaid and Akim Rezgui: Tunisia's small Jewish community was in shock and mourning Wednesday after a bloody...
Niger's army said its troops had killed around 20 jihadists and arrested 83 others in an operation against militants...
Jihadist-hit Niger last week killed about 30 members of the Boko Haram group and detained 960 followers, most of them...
The Malian Armed Forces known as FAMA, have been increasing their communications to the media to showcase their...
Burkina Faso has put the North and parts of the Centre East region under curfew to aid the fight against jihadists,...
The head of Algeria's army hosted Russia's top security official on Monday to discuss boosting their military ties,...
By Valerie Leroux: President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced a "noticeable reduction" of French troop presence in...
At least 51 soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on...
Criminals in northern Ghana tried to blow up a bridge using explosives for the first time in a region where the...
At least 18 people have been killed in two attacks in Burkina Faso, sources briefed on the incidents told AFP on...
By Amélie Bottolier-Depois: UN chief Antonio Guterres warned nations Monday that he fears the likelihood of further...
France said Wednesday it will withdraw its contingent of hundreds of troops stationed in Burkina Faso within a month,...
Attacks in Burkina Faso have increased since October and now especially target civilians, according to junta leader...
Mali's military rulers received more warplanes and helicopters from Russia Thursday, an AFP correspondent noted, the...
Fourteen Malian soldiers were killed in a clash with jihadists this week, the army said Thursday, giving a new toll in...
Libya's unity government has carried out a prisoner exchange with rival eastern forces, releasing a pilot captured...
Two peacekeepers in Mali were killed and four others wounded in an attack on Friday, the UN mission said, in the...
Six civilians, four of them teachers, were killed in a suspected jihadist attack in southern Burkina Faso close to the...
By Amaury Hauchard Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group are advancing in northeastern Mali, prompting...
By Portia Crowe Mali's security situation has become "significantly worse" due to the ruling junta's choices,...