From the Sahel to Sudan, rising conflicts and regional tensions are driving a new arms race. Here is a breakdown of the continent’s top-ranking military powers in infographics.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin, a report said Wednesday, the ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Malian authorities to reverse a ban on the privately owned French magazine, Jeune Afrique. The magazine was accused of "glorifying terrorism" ...

ACCRA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Ghanaian Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has called on the political leadership of West Africa and the Sahel to take proactive efforts together against violent ...

The Sahel, the semi-arid African region stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east, has become ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Extremist attacks in Sahel, an arid swath of land south of the Sahara in Africa, have proliferated in recent months: Last week, Islamic militants attacked Bamako, the capital of ...

The violent convergence of the Sudanese civil war and Chadian sovereign security reached a critical threshold last week, ...

Jihadi fighters who had been operating in Africa’s Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin, following the trend of militants moving to wealthier West ...

US air strikes, rival military blocs and competing foreign backers are reshaping security in West Africa and pushing states ...

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