Paramilitary forces in the Middle East are some of the largest in the world. They work in a region where traditional military ...

You wait 12 years for British Airways to return to the Georgian capital from Heathrow, and then suddenly easyJet turns up as well. From the end of March (corresponding with the start of “summer”, at ...

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The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...

East Africa is likely to see increased interest from mining companies, many of which are smarting from disputes with military governments around the Sahel, the head of a major gold mining firm ...

French troops have been fighting insurgent groups linked to the Islamic state and al Qaeda across West Africa since 2014. Despite their military presence, French troops failed to quell the ...

Women's cricket in Africa is strongest in the south of the continent, and there are pockets of growth and progress in the east. But now, for the first time, the west will have a presence at a ...

Back in 2012, pressure on Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, by donor countries including America preceded a swift ouster from Goma of M23 by UN peacekeepers. That scenario seems less likely this time ...

With performance and participation, cricket in Nigeria hopes to shape people, their mindsets and value systems ...

We explore what the year ahead holds for the region. The survival of the groups that have replaced the Wagner Group mercenaries in West Africa is far from assured after they have taken regular ...

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there. By Ruth Maclean Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Ivory Coast has ...

The Israeli military has intensified operations across the occupied West Bank, targeting Palestinian ... Middle East and North Africa regional director for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).