Ghana, which shares its northern border with Burkina Faso, is facing a growing insurgent threat. Analysts have warned Ghanaians risk being recruited by jihadis. For years, Burkina Faso has struggled ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

Malian Army late Saturday confirmed that insurgents killed at least 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near northeastern city of Gao on Friday. The army’s ...

Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali's northeastern city ...

The attackers struck near the village of Kobe, around 30 km (19 miles) from Gao in a region where affiliates of Islamic State ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...

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

In many African nations, the military serves as a stabilizing force, not just for warding off aggression of neighboring ...

It stationed troops in N'djamena claiming it was helping Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to fight militant groups and terrorists operating within Sahel states. State TV reports that the last French ...

Maj. Bruce E. Jessie for more than 32 years of active military service in the Army, along with his continued work with the Choctaw Nation. Jessie's military career began in 1979, taking him over ...