After two decades, and many failed counterterrorism efforts, the Trump administration is considering shuttering U.S. Africa ...

With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the world, officials and experts say.

A two-day workshop focusing on multi-actor security networks and their impact on security in West Africa has been held at the ...

Wagner yesterday or Africa Corps today, our point of contact remains the same, it is the … Kremlin,’ a Malian security source ...

A new report from Spain’s National Intelligence Center warns that extremist elements from the Polisario Front have joined ...

Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley described the Sahel region, which includes Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, as “the epicenter ...

Gen. Michael Langley highlights the threat of African terror groups expanding, with Al-Qaeda factions growing and aiming to ...

The U.S. military’s top general in Africa said terrorist factions in the Sahel region have increased their presence so much in the past three years that they soon may be able to launch attacks ...

The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country.

The Sahel States Alliance launches a bank to boost regional economy. In Nigeria, tech drives recovery despite falling ...

The Russian paramilitary group Wagner has left Mali and its units there have been taken over by the Moscow-run Africa Corps, ...