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 ...

Following decolonization, the CFA franc was divided into two distinct currency zones, each with its own central bank: the ...

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, ...

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

For Russia, as for Iran, last month’s fall of the 54-year-old Assad dynasty in Syria was a major geo-strategic setback.

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 ...

By Richlove Kwamina Taylor, CEO of Liquid Force Security Services Limited The inauguration and investiture of Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, on January 7, 2025, was a momentous occasion ...

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 ...