AGADIR, Morocco — The head of the U.S. military in Africa vigorously defended the country’s counterterrorism strategy on the continent and vowed to press forward with it despite a wave of criticism and a drift among African nations toward seeking security help from Russia instead. The 6,000 members of the U.S. military stationed in Africa are confronting new setbacks as …
ECOWAS seems to have finally given up on returning the ousted Mohamed Bazoum to power The Economic Community of West African States is a regional grouping of 15 countries; four of these members have been suspended in the last two years because of an epidemic of coups. The military has overthrown the elected government in four ECOWAS member states, namely …
Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s ousted president or face possible military intervention by the West African regional bloc, according to an analyst. After his visit to Mali, run by a sympathetic junta, Mody warned against a military intervention, vowing that Niger …
National armies, largely powerless against the jihadist forces operating across borders, have been cooperating with external actors such as the UN, France and Russia Abuja, Nigeria: West African leaders agreed on Sunday to create a regional force to intervene against jihadism and in the event of coups, a senior official said. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States …
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