Below is a list of African countries currently under military rule. 1. Burkina Faso (since January 2022) Burkina Faso is a francophone West African nation, and according to the World Bank, it has ...

Army generals have seized power in Chad, Mali, Guinea, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Niger and Gabon in recent years promising ...

To determine the African countries with the largest military defense budgets, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed 2025 Military Strength Ranking from Global Firepower, an annually updated defense-related ...

Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, is three times the size it was in 2022, he said, and has spread across Mali, Burkina Faso, and parts of Niger, which the U.S. military pulled ...

See the top 10 African countries with the strongest military (2025) 16 June 2025 at 12:31. If war ever breaks out, these are the African nations you’ll want on your side.

Five Ugandan soldiers were killed when a military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at an airport in the capital, Mogadishu, according to ...

The U.S. military is seeking to empower its African allies to “take control of their own futures” regarding their security and the intensifying fight against terrorism and growing Chinese ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Five Ugandan soldiers were killed when a military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at an airport in the capital… ...

The United States is assessing the future of its military command for Africa, its top general for the continent said on Tuesday, and called on African governments to make their views on its ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A small military aircraft serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at the airport in the capital, Mogadishu. The aircraft crashed and ...