Niger

Despite the recent surge of Russian activity in the Sahel—the arrival of Russian troops in Niger in April, the presence of Africa Corps mercenaries in Burkina Faso (largely absorbing Wagner...

The United States’ defense strategy in North and West Africa seldom gets the media attention it deserves. A recent decision by Niger’s ruling military junta to suspend its military cooperation...

In 2016, upon returning to America after ten years in South Africa, I argued in the National Interest that the “Africa Rising” narrative of inevitable economic and political development was...

As the Islamist military group al-Shabaab continues to pose a threat to Somalia, the United States continues to take action. In February, the administration announced its plan to build five...

The parliament of Niger, a desert country in Africa’s thinly-populated Sahel region, is scheduled to debate the presence of Western troops helping the country’s army against an ongoing Islamist insurgency...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: So far, around 530 civilians in Niger have died from Islamist activity, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). At least...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: “Both pilots were heavily wounded but were able to make a controlled crash-landing,” Scramble reported. “A third crew member, a commando sniper, with only minor injuries...

At least sixty-nine Nigerien citizens have been killed in an attack by Islamist militants in southwestern Niger, near the village of Adab-Dab, according to an official government statement. Although the dead...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: While for many years the activities of the SEALs was largely shrouded in obscurity, the U.S. Navy SEALs—along with their companion Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen...

Efforts to reach both men for comment on Wednesday were unsuccessful. Two commanders involved with the deadly 2017 Niger ambush are reportedly still eligible for promotion, and the Pentagon has...

Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson, Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright, and Sgt. La David T. Johnson died after their convoy was ambushed by a large...

The Pentagon is refusing to confirm whether a disturbing video released by the Islamic State actually shows the Oct. 4 ambush in Niger that killed four soldiers, and a DoD...