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.

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

African economies remain precarious and weak. Most African countries thrive on the primary sector, with raw products and produce from agriculture and ...

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

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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) may need to review its transhumance protocol, which permits cross-border cattle grazing ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) faces growing threats of terrorism, climate change, military coups, ...

President Trump enacted travel restrictions for 10 African countries, citing national security concerns, terrorism threats and high visa overstay rates.

Australia-listed West African Resources, which owns and operates the Sanbrado, Kiaka and Toega projects in Burkina Faso, has ...

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