Security

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have carried out "intense air campaigns" in Malian territory, in response to attacks by al-Qaeda-linked jihadists and Tuareg separatists, Nigerien authorities confirm....

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Mali's military leader Assimi Goita was on Tuesday sighted in the capital Bamako, after his temporary disappearance from public glare, following the weekend coordinated attacks by jihadist-separatist. According to his office, he had...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna After a weekend of co-ordinated attacks across Mali by separatist fighters and Islamist militants, in which the Defence Minister was killed, Russian forces who are in the country helping protect the military government...

By Emmanuel Nduka Sadio Camara, Mali’s defence minister and a central figure in the country’s military leadership, has been killed following a wave of coordinated attacks on key military targets across the country. The development comes...

By Emmanuel Nduka Waves of condemnation are trailing fresh xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the latest of which came on Thursday from Mr. Moses Siloko Siasia, Chairman of Heritage Times HT and Convener of the African Heritage Awards....

By Emmanuel Nduka The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday said it has intensified its counter-insurgency operations in the north-east region of the West African country, carrying out a precision air strike that killed several militants...