France’s defence minister pledged on Monday to boost military support to Ivory Coast, as Paris adjusts its strategy in West Africa after neighbouring Burkina Faso ordered French troops to leave and vowed to curb a

The army in Burkina Faso says more than 50 soldiers were killed in an attack by presumed Islamists in the north. It said in a statement that 51 bodies had been found so far, several

Since the overthrow of the government in 2011, Libya has been divided. Tripoli and the West sought to control the eastern part of the country, a fiefdom of the “Libyan National Army” (LNA) led by

Robert Gates, the former US Secretary of Defense, wrote in his memoirs that when the decision was made to launch a military attack against Afghanistan in 2001, that nobody in Washington had a real idea

The predecessor of todays African Union, the Organization for African Unity, OAU, was launched in 1963 with the glorious goal of uniting Africans to help liberate the continent from colonialism. Unfortunately, despite the dreams of

After its ousting from Syria and Iraq, the armed group is now trying to build a caliphate in the restive Sahel region. Illegal armed groups are opportunistic by nature. They usually start their operations and

Now that the African authorities are meeting again in Addis Ababa for the Annual recontre of the continent’s leaders, it would, perhaps, be opportune for the heads of governments of the Horn of Africa States

While the West continues imposing stringent sanctions on Moscow while trying to make Russia a global pariah nearly one year into the Ukraine War, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has been busy visiting African capitals. His

Russia is actively seeking political influence in the Sahel through ostensible support for counter-insurgency efforts amid the drawdown of the longstanding French counterterrorism forces in that region. Russian has capitalized on cold U.S. relationships with

Islamic State remains potent and is strengthening around conflict zones, per a recent UN report. The terrorist network is particularly concerning in the Sahel and Afghanistan, areas already facing complex challenges relating to democratic governance,