Generally speaking, larger military budgets imply larger and stronger military forces. There are some exceptions to this rule ...

Suspected Islamist fighters launched a coordinated attack on an army base and a military outpost in Nigeria's northeastern ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal’s capital, Dakar that it has ...

STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. Africa Command was in the political crosshairs even before it stood up 18 years ago in Germany’s ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The M23 rebels in control of key areas of eastern Congo agreed Friday to a ceasefire with African ...

Strong only on paper? Fact-checking Angie Motshekga's claim about South Africa's military might The Global Firepower website did rank South Africa's military third in Africa in 2024 but it's unclear ...

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country would close by 2025. On the same day, the Ivorian president said France would ...

A New York Times reporter and photographer were the first Western journalists to visit central Khartoum since the civil war ...

The bombing in a crowded market, which monitors called a likely war crime, was a grim reminder of the brutal toll caused by both sides in the two-year civil war.