Sitting down to write my annual assessment on trends in terrorism in early 2025, I’m struggling more than usual, fresh off ...

Militants inflicted heavy losses on Benin's armed forces in a recent attack, highlighting the growing threat of jihadi ...

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Militants inflicted heavy losses on Benin’s armed forces during an attack this week on a fortified military post in the north of the country, authorities said, raising further ...

Orezone Gold operates the Bomboré gold mine in Burkina Faso. In 2024, the Canadian firm expected the mine to deliver between 110,000 and 125,000 ounces. The Bomboré gold mine in Mali has produced 118, ...

While the perpetrators remain unidentified, Benin has faced increasing attacks in its northern region, often linked to ...

Several African nations have expelled French troops, signaling a significant decline in the former colonial power’s influence ...

Russia’s apparent fast-tracking of plans to establish a military hub in Libya could worsen that country’s protracted conflict ...

Security analysts are divided. Vladimir Antwi-Danso called it unprecedented for a visiting head of state to carry a firearm ...

ASX gold producers lifted the lid this week, with some living up to the hype and others failing to capitalise on record ...

Benin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack near the border with insurgency-hit Niger and Burkina Faso, authorities ...

Twenty-eight soldiers died in an attack in northern Benin, a small West African nation increasingly witnessing violence attributed to jihadists based in neighbouring countries, a security source told ...

Going back to the days of the Cold War, many Africans studied in the Soviet Union and later Russia. They’re now among ...