[ISS] Following Boko Haram's brutal attack on dozens of farmers in Nigeria's Borno State last November, the state governor called on federal authorities to enlist mercenaries to counter the terror group's activities in the Lake Chad Basin. This refle...

[Crisis Group] Dakar/Brussels -- Since 2013, when it sent troops to Mali, France has led international efforts to root out Islamist militancy from the Sa

[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists] Publisher Moussa Aksar was targeted as his reporting on millions in disappearing defense spending was submitted in a request to force a government inquiry.

[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- At the end of his tenure as the top Africa policymaker in the State Department, Assistant Secretary Tibor Nagy says the legacy of the outgoing administration includes a number of 'concrete achievements' that have streng...

[The Conversation Africa] Despite the twin problems - poverty and insecurity - that have faced Niger in the past few decades, President Mahamadou Issoufou successfully completed his two-term tenure. In December 2020, the country held the first electi...

[RFI] Some ten thousand civilians remain displaced after fleeing an attack in Niger's western Tillabéri region at the beginning of the year that killed at least 105 people and wounded many more, according to the UN High Commission for Refugees in Ni...

[African Arguments] A regularly updated list of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2021.