Remote and poorly resourced outposts are soft targets for attacks, and a weak point in regional counter-terrorism efforts.At least 15 confirmed Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacks have ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep sadness at the passing of former Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. Guterres, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, ...

Africa Minifootball Cup of Nations began in Derna with Libya securing an impressive 3–0 victory over Chad in the tournament’s opening match. The result placed Libya at the top of its group by the end ...

Analysis - ISWAP's hunt for resources is eroding the ability of communities in northern Cameroon to withstand economic hardship.

Sudan's civil war has overwhelmed a border town in neighboring Chad. Nearly a quarter-million refugees have arrived in Adre and the humanitarian frontline on the edge of one of the world’s ...

Five years since the Mali coup of 2020, the key lesson is that the international community must move beyond the view of coups as isolated events.

Cameroon and Chad plan to launch free mobile roaming by August 11, following a joint coordination meeting in N'Djamena • The move revives a stalled CEMAC initiative started in 2021 to eliminate high ...

The west African road network is vast, estimated at over 709,000km of roads by the Global Roads Inventory Project. It ...

Chad shipped 1,045 tonnes of gum arabic to the USA between January and May 2025, an 81% increase year-on-year. Sudan’s gum arabic exports to the USA fell sharply due to ongoing civil conflict, ...