The Rapid Support Forces said it was paving the way to an end to the civil war. Critics called it an audacious gambit by a group that the United States has accused of genocide.

Pushed to the peripheries of the world's news agenda, the recent African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa still delivered a tectonic shift in the continent's most prominent multilateral body.  Mahmoud ...

The African Union commision has new leadership in Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. But how will the AU handle deepening ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s army said it’s investigating soldiers who were accused by separatist Tuareg rebels of killing at least ...

China’s armed forces are changing quickly. Over the last 15 years, Beijing has devoted significant resources to developing a ...

France said on Thursday it would keep 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast largely for training purposes, as it handed over control of a military base in the commercial capital amid a scaling back of ...

On the front lines of Somalia’s battle against al-Shabaab, Somali Danab soldiers remain committed to securing their country’s ...

A major military campaign by Palestinian Authority security forces against militants in the West Bank revealed serious ...

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French ...

Ivory Coast has taken control of the last French military base, as most French troops exit West Africa. This shift reflects ...

Ivory Coast and France plan to maintain some security cooperation even as French soldiers stationed in the West African ...

UK advisors guide partner forces in urban operations drills at Justified Accord, Kenya/ U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa /HANDOUT The UK Armed Forces are playing a key role in two ...