Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. policies in coastal West Africa—and sub-Saharan Africa more broadly—have focused primarily on humanitarian goals such as mitigating conflict, promoting ...

A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week recognises the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants.

The Sahel region, a semi-arid stretch of land just south of the Sahara Desert, has been a frontline in the war against Islamist ... spread further across West Africa. The security crisis in ...

During the 19th century the British fought minor wars in Africa to secure British control of colonial territories. These included the: Ashanti Wars in West Africa ... The Aro War in Nigeria ...