Peace Facility support as per announcements this week to improve security and stability in West Africa. Top of the list, alphabetically, is Cabo Verde followed by the Central African Republic (CAR) ...

Mali’s junta chief has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable “as many times as necessary” and without ...

The Kayes region, which borders Senegal and is vital to Mali’s economy, had remained largely untouched by the violence from ...

Mali's junta chief has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable as many times as necessary and without ...

The head of Mali's junta General Assimi Goita has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable "as many times as necessary" and without election, in a bill signed into law on Thursday.

In jihadist-threatened north Benin, the army is waging a campaign away from the front -- a programme of social projects, including free veterinary care, to tempt locals away from extremism.

US President Donald Trump’s meeting with African leaders shows a sense of urgency in competing for scarce resources with ...

On 30 June 2025 in Ouagadougou, representatives from six member countries of the Desert to Power Initiative approved key strategic documents to boost independent power production in the Sahel, at the ...

The Rev. Emmanuel Na’allah Auta was shot to death in Bege Baptist Church service in Yaribori, Katsina state, Nigeria on Juy 7 ...

Malian junta chief Assimi Goïta on Thursday approved a law granting him a five-year presidential mandate, renewable "as many ...

In late June, Pasatiempo caught up with Vieux Farka Touré, a Mali (West African) musician whose father is the late Ali Farka ...

The study explored the challenges to the undertaking and growth of security and strategic studies (SSS) in Africa. This was against the observed increased establishment of SSS courses in both African ...