Morocco's counterterrorism agency said on Monday it had foiled attacks planned by the so-called Islamic State group (IS) in the Sahel region, south of the Sahara Desert. The discovery of the 12-member ...

The appointment of China's new defence attache to Niger signals a larger move by Beijing to fortify security in Africa, ...

The Sahel, a semi-arid region stretching across Africa south of the Sahara, has long been a focal point of geopolitical competition due to its vast natural resources, st ...

Moroccan authorities have arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel ...

Morocco's counterterrorism agency said on Monday it had foiled attacks against national and international targets in the ...

Morocco's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations intercepted a 12-member cell planning attacks in Morocco, working under an Islamic State leader from Libya. The agency seized weapons, explosives, ...

One of the casualties of suspending funding for USAID programs is the global Famine Early Warning System. You can’t manage ...

The Fulani’s ancestry links to North and West Africa, the Green Sahara period, and ancient Berber groups, shaped by migration ...

Nowhere is the trend towards resource nationalism more advanced than in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the heart of Africa’s ...

Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. On Thursday, a national commission, representing participants to talks on the country’s transition to democratic rule ...

And Libya is the centerpiece of that strategy. Russia is deeply committed to expanding its presence in Africa. However, the abrupt loss of their air and naval bases in Syria following the collapse of ...

An apparent Islamist armed group attacked a civilian convoy escorted by Malian armed forces and allied militias in ...