Togo extends state of emergency in troubled north
Lome – Togo on Tuesday extended a state of emergency for six months in its northern Savanes region, officials... Read more
7 Sep, 2022
Burkina junta chief stands by handover pledge in key trip
Abidjan – Burkina Faso junta chief Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, visiting Ivory Coast on a key foreign trip, on Monday... Read more
6 Sep, 2022
South Africa needs stronger security in place to stop the sabotage of its power supply
Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann, University of Canberra and Dries Putter, Stellenbosch University South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently outlined plans... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
Nigeria’s army orders reshuffle as insecurity grows
Lagos – Nigeria’s military command has ordered a major reshuffle of senior officers, an army statement said on Friday,... Read more
29 Jul, 2022
Macron vows to support West Africa against ‘terrorism’
Bissau – President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday pledged to continue to back West African states in their battle against... Read more
29 Jul, 2022
Nigeria’s spiralling insecurity: five essential reads
Adejuwon Soyinka, The Conversation In recent times, security – or, more accurately, the lack of it – has been... Read more
18 Jul, 2022
Ukraine war must not blind West to African needs, says French minister
Abidjan – The war in Ukraine “concerns the West as a whole” but at the same time must not... Read more
17 Jul, 2022
East Africa army chiefs discuss regional force for east DRC
Goma – East African army chiefs held discussions on Tuesday on establishing a regional military force to restore security... Read more
8 Jun, 2022
Trial opens for DRC leader’s ‘Mr Security’
Kinshasa – A former key security adviser of Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi went on trial on Friday,... Read more
3 Jun, 2022
Guinea security forces clash with ex-PM’s supporters
Conakry – Police firing tear gas clashed with supporters of opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo on Monday in the first... Read more
1 Mar, 2022
