Security

By John Ikani President Mohamed Bazoum says Niger has accepted that French and European Special Forces will be deployed into its territory from Mali to boost security near the border with its neighbouring country. Bazoum's comments...

By John Ikani France and its allies in a European Force have announced their decision to withdraw troops from Mali after nearly 10 years of fighting armed unrest. In a joint announcement from the Élysée Palace...

By John Ikani The Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), a group fighting Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria's North-East says it has disengaged 12,203 children within its rank and file in compliance with the UN Convention against...

By John Ikani Russia's Ministry of Defense on Tuesday said that some of the country's forces that had massed close to its border with Ukraine over the last four months were being pulled back to their...

By John Ikani Leaders from the two Congos, Uganda, and Togo discussed security in central Africa and recent coups in the west of the continent at a mini-summit on Saturday. According to a joint communique, the...

By Emmanuel Nduka Fire gutted the private residence of Kaduna based Islamic Scholar and bandit negotiator, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi on Saturday. The incident reportedly happened at noon, even as details of the incident remain unknown and...