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This year, Togo is expected to receive four Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft worth $82 million. Designed for low-intensity conflicts, the Brazilian aircraft is expected to bolster Togo’s fight against the al-Qaida-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin (JNIM) terror group, which has expanded its operations from Burkina Faso an...

Covering 60,000 square kilometers, the Sambisa Forest in northeast Nigeria was once a thriving wildlife reserve, popular with tourists. Today, the animals are mostly gone, replaced by two warring militant groups and the Soldiers who pursue them.

Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) and Islamic State West Af...

Russia is attempting to build its own financial system in Africa using a cryptocurrency tied to the ruble in what experts believe is an effort to evade international banking sanctions imposed after the 2022 Ukraine invasion.

According to the Center for Information Resilience (CIR), the currency, known as A7, already h...

The 15th iteration of Obangame Express (OE26) returned in April to Cameroon, the country that first hosted the maritime security event in 2010. The largest multinational maritime exercise in West and Central Africa, OE26 worked to build cooperation to fight sea crimes such as illegal fishing, piracy and all manner of trafficking in the Gulf of Guinea...

Since inviting Russian mercenaries into Mali in 2021, the country’s ruling junta has focused its attention on subduing northern Tuareg rebels. Analysts believe the decision has let terror groups Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and Islamic State Sahel expand their presence in the country and threaten Mali’s economy with blockades.