350 hostages, including 209 children and 135 women, rescued from Boko Haram extremists in Sambisa Forest, highlighting the ongoing threat t...

A military camp in Mali's north was attacked following two separate assaults by al-Qaeda-linked insurgents that killed 49 civilians and 15 ...

France is preparing to reduce its military presence here in West Africa's Sahel region, the vast area south of the Sahara Desert where extr...