This group began as a localised insurgency in the northern provinces of Burkina Faso, under the leadership of Malam Ibrahim Dicko. Dicko was a Peul commander linked to Ansar al-Din who was arrested by ...

Twelve Nigerien soldiers were killed in a surprise attack in the Sahel region, near Niger's tri-border area with Mali and ...

Africa isn’t just being outgunned by insurgents, it’s being outmanoeuvred by its own outdated security architecture.