France returned Camp Geille, its largest base in the West African country, and its airfield at Dakar airport, in a ceremony ...

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The world's oldest multilateral climate fund, the Global Environment Facility, is planning a new wave of wildlife conservation bonds in a bid to help African countries save endangered species and ...

As military regimes challenge its authority and regional crises deepen, new ECOWAS chair Julius Maada Bio vows to restore ...

Legislation designating the Polisario Front as a foreign terrorist organization would send a strong signal as the regional ...

Cattle rustling is a profitable revenue stream for insurgents and threatens the stability of the West African region.

Analysis - As armed groups shift away from direct confrontations with the military, commercial drones are increasingly used to carry out attacks.

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