The mercenaries had been fighting mostly Tuareg rebels alongside Mali's army when their convoy was forced to retreat into jihadi territory and ambushed south ... nations in West Africa to send ...

February 19, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. ESTyesterday at 5:00 a.m. EST 6 min Across the breadth of Africa ... by about 40 percent. Map showing countries currently ruled by military juntas Countries ...

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 ...

Since then, the U.S. has been in talks with other West ... in South Africa, said China was looking to foster long-term connections with the people who will go on to become Africa’s military ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 10 (Reuters) - South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic ... She previously spent six years in Dakar covering West and Central Africa.

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military ... in a band across West Africa to the east ...

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As Paris was devising a new military ... in Africa’s anglophone countries like Nigeria, analysts said. Already, its two biggest trading partners on the continent are Nigeria and South Africa.

France has given up most of its military footprint across west Africa with astonishing speed. By the end of the year, the only remaining French base in Africa will be in Djibouti. Driven by ...