After talks in Qatar, the two countries’ presidents said they were committed to an unconditional truce between Congo’s army ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal’s capital, Dakar that it has ...

The jihadists mobilize these tensions to stoke conflict and recruit among marginalized communities in a broader effort to ...

Rwandan-backed rebels now control large parts of eastern Congo and threaten to expand their offensive west into two neighboring provinces, the top U.N. official in the conflict-torn country says ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

And local conflict offers fertile ground for the establishment ... of light weapons aggravate the problem. ISS research in West Africa, some carried out as early as 2016, found that people joined ...

This comes not long after South African troops deployed with the SADC mission suffered heavy losses. Ako warns of the destabilising effect of the conflict on neighbouring countries. "Burundi and many ...

Authorities blame the deadly attack in the town of Kokorou on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, an ISIL affiliate.

During a conversation with Lukhanyo Neer, Chief Operating Officer, of Thabo Mbeki Foundation, former Prime Minister of Mali Mousa Mara said that the continent needs to prioritise its own interest firs ...

Consecutive U.S. Administrations have described the U.S. relationship with Nigeria as among the most important in Africa.

According to the report, ongoing conflict and attacks on civilians are fuelling increased displacement across the region, ...

ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Climate change does not directly lead to more terrorism in the Central ...