Al-Qaeda Affiliate Claims Killing 200 Soldiers in Burkina Faso | Firstpost Africa | N18G An al-Qaeda-linked group has claimed ...

West African political bloc ECOWAS said Wednesday that plans to establish a long-awaited “regional counter-terrorism force” ...

Militant Islamist violence in the Sahel continues to shift southward and westward, putting ever more pressure on population centers in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—as well as on their coastal West ...

So future negotiations will focus on the remaining seven ECOWAS countries: Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, ...

In the African country of Burkina Faso, a terrorist organization linked to Al Qaeda has launched a fierce attack on the army. The group also claimed to have killed 200 soldiers. The attack targeted a ...

"In addition to defense and security, there is another important sphere, namely, science and education. We would like Russia to" teach science to young Burkinabes "so that we can develop our own ...

The latest move, which involves the closure of a Beninese customs checkpoint along the water corridor, has disrupted the flow of goods traditionally ferried between rural communities in southwestern ...

Dr. Kabiru Adamu says Nigeria’s failure to disrupt terrorists’ funding, weapons and recruitment networks fuels persistent insecurity.

As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approaches the two-year mark of his presidency on May 29, 2025, it is an opportune moment to ...

Malcolm X (born: Malcolm Little) would have been 100 years old on May 19 2025, a century on from his birth and 60 years after ...