US military strikes in northern Somalia have killed senior members of the Islamic State (IS) group, the head of the ...

While the US has sought to expand its presence across Africa, its influence in the West African Sahel region has declined, writes Farouk Hussein Abu Deif ...

Washington has also sought to strengthen its presence in Africa by supporting democracy and promoting principles of good governance. However, the US approach to military coups in Africa has been ...

Donald Trump says he ordered military air strikes on a senior attack planner and others from the Islamic State (IS) group in ...

The Pentagon’s counterterrorism strategy in Africa has been strained as two key partners, Chad and Niger, ousted U.S. forces last year and took over key bases that the U.S. military had used to ...

France’s presence in the country was formalized ... Djibouti is home to the only permanent US military base in Africa and was chosen by China for its first overseas military installation.

continuing France’s reduced military presence in West Africa. Chad's President Field Marshal Mahamat Idriss Deby says this week’s departure of the last French troops from the central African ...

The largely desert country had been a key link in France's military presence in Africa and its last foothold in the wider Sahel region after the forced withdrawal of French troops from Mali ...

"It mainly boils down to issues of sovereignty," said Fidel Amakye Owusu, CEO of DefSEC Analytics Africa, a security consultancy based in Accra, Ghana. "The military presence of France is ...