Nigeria is facing a resurgence of terrorist activity, spearheaded by Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), primarily in the northeastern ...

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Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali. That's according to civil society and ...

Efforts to reform and digitize birth registration are paying off, with more undocumented children able to get a legal ...

The survey, which involved 1,200 people, reveals that 64% of Togolese respondents believe the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to ...

US engagement with sub-Saharan Africa is entering a recalibration phase – less defined by a development lens and increasingly ...

The latest Most Neglected Crises report on world’s most invisible humanitarian emergencies lists African nations first.

Timbuktu came under attack and shells were also fired at the airport where heavy gunfire was heard, the army, local officials ...

As your Monday winds down, catch up with SOFREP’s Evening Brief, offering essential updates on defense and global affairs for ...

A Malian court has adjourned to Thursday a hearing on whether to put Barrick Mining's Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex under provisional administration, the court's registry office and one of the lawyers ...

An Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group active in West Africa's Sahel region has claimed an attack on a military base in Mali on Sunday that two sources said had killed more than 30 soldiers.

CIVICUS speaks with two representatives of Malian civil society – Modibo Diakite, president of the Association for the Socio-Economic and Technological Development of Youth (ADEJ-Mali), and Fakassi ...