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.

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Rooted in strategic realism and national interest, his administration’s diplomatic drive is not just about international ...

A charismatic 37-year-old, Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has skilfully ... He posted on X that he, along with military leaders from neighbouring Mali and Niger, were inspired by it ...

With his counterinsurgency strategy only deepening Burkina Faso's security crisis, Traore has turned to repressing anyone he ...

The latest Most Neglected Crises report on world’s most invisible humanitarian emergencies lists African nations first.

On May 27, 2025 security reports from Burkina Faso disclosed that a convoy of 47 long vehicles disguised as carrying humanitarian aid was intercepted at a border between Togo and Burkina Faso.Acting ...

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), which was set up to promote trade and good governance across ...

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 ...

Attacks by Islamic militants are surging in western Africa, where the U.S. is struggling to track terrorist movements in the ...

Stakeholders hopeful Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger will return to bloc • Gowon reminisces how ECOWAS started • Buhari hails founding fathers, cites health reasons for absence Critical stakeholders of the ...