Sahel juntas -- Mali’s Assimi Goita, Niger’s Abdourahamane Tiani and Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traore -- are tightening controls ...

Paul Nantulya, a China analyst at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, noted that China has recently become ...

How should the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deal with the Sahel juntas, as they plan to break away from ...

The Islamic State in Sub-Saharan Africa (EIGS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly ambush that left 17 soldiers and six ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House next week threatens freedoms at home and abroad, the head of ...

Ghana’s national security landscape has evolved over the years, shaped by both domestic and international dynamics. However, ...

A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a ...

Armed groups and government forces in West Africa have committed atrocities with impunity in 2024, with thousands of dead and injured, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025.

As you would expect, it makes for some grim reading. In much of the world, government repression has expanded and deepened, ...

The events of 2024 have shown that even in the darkest times there are those who dare to resist oppression and demonstrate the courage to seek progress, said Tirana Hassan, executive director at Human ...

Since 2005, the Sahel remains again and again weakened by terrorism! Due to the environment degradation, it is expanding and terrorism is spreading, taking root, and becoming commonplace. This context ...