DAKAR, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Mali's armed forces and their Russian backers utilized some "apparent indiscriminate" drone strikes and other abuses as part of an ramped-up offensive against insurgents in ...

President Trump announced Friday night that US and Nigerian forces killed ISIS’s second in command in a “very complex mission.” “Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of ...

Soldiers, fighters and separatists in West African country committing grave laws-of-war violations, rights group finds.

Eight African countries could face restrictions on certain forms of US military assistance and defence-related sales after ...

Human Rights Watch has found that African governments continue to crack down and wrongly arrest political opponents, critics, activists and journalists. The rights group also says armed forces and ...

ACCRA, Ghana — U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) held the opening ceremony for the African Land Forces Summit 2025 in Accra, Ghana. Sponsored ...

ACCRA, Ghana – U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), and the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) concluded the African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) 2025 today with a closing ceremony. Sponsored ...

Mali’s transitional government has announced that its armed forces have retaken the northern city of Kidal, five months after an offensive by separatist armed groups ...

“A revolution in unmanned systems is reshaping the dynamics of Africa’s armed conflicts. Professional militaries must balance the tactical advantages of drones with an understanding of their ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Grim statistics from a new SOPROAD, a French-language development agency, report show that nearly 600 children have been forcibly recruited by armed groups in Lubero Territory, ...

DAKAR, Senegal — A United Nations peacekeeper was killed during an attack by armed men in Central African Republic, the UN said on Tuesday as the Security Council expressed concerns over growing ...