Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

Also, the same day that France intervened in Mali, its commandos attempted to free Denis Allex ... at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal. Are you a ...

France waged a war marked by "extreme violence" during Cameroon's fight for independence in the late 1950s, historians said ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa’s Sahel region, while on his way ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But ...

Two months after Chad severed its defence agreement with Paris, the French army has handed over its last military base in the country. It comes after Paris handed over its two other bases in the ...

Mali’s military says gunmen have attacked a convoy of vehicles escorted by the army, killing 25 civilians mostly gold miners ...

According to his indictment, the 46-year-old was the de facto leader of the police force in the ancient city, implementing strict religious rules after large parts of Mali fell to Islamic ... 18 ...

A coalition of separatists in Mali, the Azawad Liberation Front ... mafia”, without identifying the group. Wassim Nasr, FRANCE 24’s terrorist expert, said the group consisted of young bandits ...