Russia has effectively replaced France and the US as an alternative security partner and political patron for the Sahelian ...

Islamic State fighters attacked a military post in Eknewan, Niger, marking one of the bloodiest assaults on Nigerian forces ...

Since the return of military dictatorship in  Niger, Mali and Bourkina Faso, who were originally members of the Economic Community of West Africa, ECOWAS, their suspension by ECOWAS and the decision ...

Islamic State fighters have attacked a military post in Eknewan, Niger, marking one of the bloodiest assaults on Nigerien ...

Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claims attack on Djibo military outpost, SITE Intelligence Group says.

France has restructured its military presence in recent months, closing most of its historic bases in West Africa. However, ...

Anger over democratic dysfunction and western meddling has fuelled global support for Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré ...

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has announced that all foreign military forces must leave the country by July Read ...

JNIM has claimed responsibility for the attack targeting a military post in Burkina Faso's northern Loroum province.

Satellite footage from the day of the attack shows burn marks and smoke over the military base, burn marks on a nearby prison ...

French state-owned nuclear fuel company Orano is exploring the sale of its uranium assets in Niger after the breakdown of its relationship with the west African country’s military rulers.

DAKAR (Reuters) – A West African al Qaeda affiliate said it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on an army base in Burkina Faso ...