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The Chiefs of the Naval Staff of the ECOWAS member states recently convened in Accra, Ghana, to strengthen the Combined Maritime Task Force (CMTF) against growing threats in the Gulf of Guinea.

The Chadian government has announced the immediate and indefinite closure of its eastern border with Sudan, a major move aimed at insulating the country from the escalating conflict next door.

African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf “strongly” condemned a terrorist attack which left 50 civilians and the abduction of women and children in Zamfara State, Northwestern Nigeria.

In a sobering semi-annual report presented to the Security Council on February 2, 2026, the UN Secretary-General warned that the Islamic State (ISIS) is rapidly strengthening its foothold across West Africa, the Sahel, and the Lake Chad Basin.

A Qatari Emiri Air Force C-17A aircraft landed at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital on Monday amid growing security cooperation between Mogadishu, Doha, and Ankara.

The first batch of U.S. military personnel has arrived in Nigeria, marking the start of a deployment of roughly 200 American intelligence analysts, advisers and trainers to assist Nigerian forces in targeted counterterrorism operations aimed partly at protecting Christians, officials said on Friday.

Between late December 2025 and mid-February 2026, the Burkina Faso defense and security forces achieved a series of decisive military victories, neutralizing several hundred terrorists and seizing vast quantities of weaponry.

Ramaphosa authorises deployment of soldiers to curb violent crimes in hotspots in Western Cape and Gauteng provinces.

The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) and UN Women Liberia have officially inaugurated a new project funded by the Elsie Initiative Fund (EIF) designed to transform the military into a more gender-responsive institution.

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai neutralised more than 30 terrorists and facilitated the return of more than 700 Nigerian refugees within one week, as operations intensified across the North East of Nigeria.