DAKAR, July 4 (Reuters) - West Africa's al Qaeda affiliate, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), on Saturday claimed ...

Army Gen. Christopher Donahue on Thursday relinquished command of U.S. Army Europe and Africa in Wiesbaden, Germany, after he ...

U.S. Army Gen. Christopher Donahue relinquished command on Thursday. The Army has not given a reason for the leadership ...

The African Union called an emergency meeting on its military mission in Somalia on Friday after Washington announced it ...

The U.S. has withdrawn most of the troops that were sent to Nigeria earlier this year to help root out Islamic State ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Waidi Shaibu, on Monday said the Army had detected the activities of foreign jihadists around Nigeria’s borders and assured Nigerians that the threat would be ...

The dream of a united Africa, which was championed by Dr Kwame Nkrumah more than six decades ago, is once again being tested ...

The President gave this commendation on Monday, 6 July 2026, at the Grand Finale of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL ...

Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has called for stronger collaboration among African armies to tackle terrorism, insurgency and other transnational security threats confronting the continent. Shaibu ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has deployed 3 405 South African National Defence Force soldiers to assist with the police’s law ...

The Octagon near Cairo has replaced the Pentagon, the US Defence Department’s HQ, as the world’s largest defence ministry ...