Indian nationals abducted while Mali’s army and armed groups clash, raising concerns crisis could resonate beyond Sahel.

Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.

Credible sources have intimated the Sahel Solidarity Campaign Network (SaS-CaN) about a clandestine and well-coordinated plan to invade the Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and the Republic of Niger ...

Analysis - As armed groups shift away from direct confrontations with the military, commercial drones are increasingly used to carry out attacks.

For the governments of West Africa's Sahel region, the stakes are even higher. Gold is a lifeline for the military juntas of ...

On Africa's dry western tip, Mauritania has become an unlikely staging post for Ukraine's increasingly global struggle with ...

Swarms of desert locusts are moving across parts of North Africa. With unusually heavy rains in late 2024 supporting growth ...

The study explored the challenges to the undertaking and growth of security and strategic studies (SSS) in Africa. This was against the observed increased establishment of SSS courses in both African ...

Gold appears to be a lifeline for military juntas and jihadist groups in the Sahel region, analysts say.

In Africa's turbulent Sahel region, the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM jihadist group is expanding its influence by repeated massacres, ...

This summit is deal-first diplomacy. It signals not just a new Africa policy, but a redefinition of American engagement: no ...

The International Criminal Court is reviewing a confidential legal report asserting that the Russia-linked Wagner group has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities in ...