Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

The UN mission in eastern Congo was initially meant to be quickly concluded at the request of Kinshasa. However, the M23 offensive in North Kivu has led to a reassessment. Will the peacekeeping ...

There was no official comment from the Kremlin or the Defence Ministry on the fate of Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group and a self ... future operations in Africa and elsewhere.

Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

A rebel group has killed at least five soldiers in Central African Republic. That's according to an army official and city ...

Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator. DW explains how the ...

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

Travelling through the Middle East over the course of five months to film a new series and write a book I often found myself in these otherworldly encounters. In Iraq, I sipped tea with Abu Tahsin – a ...

The Malian government’s overhaul of its extraction industry risks deterring companies from investing in the nation that’s home to the world’s second-largest gold mine, according to Anglo American CEO ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has heavily relied on foreign mercenaries to bolster its military efforts against the M23 rebels, despite the government’s insistence that they were merely ...