Benin's military says that militants inflicted heavy losses on the country's armed forces during an attack this week on a fortified military post in the north. Col.

The United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Huang Xia has condemned the collapse of the ceasefire in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the territorial expansion ...

The pace of sales for February-loading Angolan oil is faster than the last couple of months, with only 20-30 percent of next ...

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has urged Congolese authorities to negotiate with a violent rebel group that has seized key towns in eastern Congo in recent days, widening its control over the region ...

Nigeria Armed Forces' annual ranking in the 2024 Global Firepower (GFP) has dropped to 39th, marking the third consecutive decline after ...

Nigeria’s Armed Forces has dropped to 39th in the 2024 Global Firepower (GFP) rankings globally. This marks the third ...

Chad's government said security forces had foiled an attempt to destabilise the country on Wednesday evening, after bursts of gunfire rang out near the president's office in the capital N'Djamena and ...

Leaders of the west African regional grouping Ecowas approved the long-awaited withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso ...

The Armed Forces of Nigeria have dropped three places in the 2024 Global Firepower (GFP) ranking, moving from 36th position ...

Recent fighting in part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced more than 100,000 people over the last week, the United Nations humanitarian affairs office said Tuesday.

The United States on Monday condemned "brazen ceasefire violations" in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who seized control of a key town in the east at the weekend.

Civil society and a local politician say rebels with the M23 group have seized two key towns in eastern Congo as they advance ...