South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and diplomatic sources said, after 14 of its soldiers were killed in ...

2. Nigeria Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, boasts a formidable military force. Markedly, it plays a critical role in West African security.

Air Base 201 serves as the main hub of US aerial intelligence collection and counterterrorism operations in West Africa. The arid sub-Saharan region faces rapid encroachment by violent Islamist ...

By Eric Schmitt and Ruth Maclean Eric Schmitt reported from Takoradi and Accra, Ghana, and has covered U.S. military operations in Africa for three decades. Ruth Maclean reported from Dakar, Senegal.

Russia will deploy telecommunications and remote-sensing satellites over three West African countries led by military juntas that had already cut ties with American and European allies and turned ...