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New reporting sheds light on the painstaking intelligence collection, surveillance and cooperation that helped take out a top Islamic State group operative in Nigeria in May.

Nigerian security analyst Zagazola Makama covered the events surrounding the May 16 joint Nigerian-United States mission in the Metele area of Borno State that resulted in the death of Abu-Bilal a...

Mexican drug cartels have expanded and are increasingly producing methamphetamine in Africa. This was highlighted in mid-May when Nigerian authorities arrested three Mexican nationals and six others at an industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory in Ogun State’s Abidagba forest. Officials seized chemicals and drugs worth $363 million.

The arrests came amid warnings t...

Morocco’s Benslimane industrial zone east of Casablanca is becoming a major hub for drone manufacturing, including homegrown technology and Türkiye’s Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles.

In recent years, Morocco has poured money and talent into becoming a key player in the global drone market. Moroccan companies such as Aerodrive Engineering Services are carving out spa...

Decades after Mozambique’s Naparama fighters became famous during the country’s civil war, a new generation of fighters carrying the same name have emerged to confront the threat from Islamic State group terrorists in the country’s north.

The original Naparama fighters were a regional militia that fought on the side o...

A complex war economy has emerged in Sudan that is depleting the country’s natural resources and fueling violence.

Intense fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has devastated the economy, and neither side has achieved military victory or begun earnest negotia...