In the shadow of the 9/11 attacks, the United States rushed troops and military aid to a swath of West Africa to help French ...

According to the report, the US is seeking to redirect its efforts to countries in coastal West Africa, namely Nigeria and Ivory Coast ...

and in some cases invited Russian mercenaries in to take their place. As the United States withdraws 1,000 military personnel from Niger and shutters a $110 million air base there by September, ...

Russia’s strategy hinges on military cooperation, leveraging the Wagner Group—a private military company—and its likely ...

Russia’s foreign minister is visiting Africa's sub-Saharan region of the Sahel this week as Moscow seeks to grow its ...