Questions surrounding Hezbollah’s presence in South America resurfaced when a former Israeli official was the target of an assassination attempt in Colombia in November. In a government report addressed to the government, Israel’s intelligence agency
When President Donald Trump lost the 2020 US presidential election to democratic candidate Joe Biden, many leaders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) saw an ominous warning that democracy may again take center
Mali has been roiled by coups, jihadism, Russian mercenaries, and imperialism. Young Malians tell VICE World News their hopes for the future as France pulls out. After nine years, France is ending its anti-jihadist military
Dozens of Nigerian soldiers were killed and wounded in recent attacks in Nigeria’s insecure northeast region, according to a statement from the Islamic State group, which said its West Africa members carried out the assaults.
Troops of 144 Battalion while on clearance Operations received 41 surrendering Boko Haram Terrorists comprising 22 females,11 males and eight children. The Nigerian Army on its official Facebook page said the troops also carried out
South Africa is sending fresh troops and armored vehicles to Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province as part of efforts to fight insurgents. The deployment is part of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) military intervention,
Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militant group has an annual budget of U.S.$24 million to spend on the purchasing of weapons, according to a new report by a Mogadishu-based research group, the Hiraal Institute. The report said the
Somalia-based militant group Al-Shabaab spent 24 million US dollars for arms procurement in 2021, a report by Hiraal Institute, a Mogadishu-based Research group has revealed. The report titled “Al-Shabaab’s Arsenal from Taxes to Terror” indicated
China has named a special envoy for the Horn of Africa, reflecting the growing interest by the world powers in one of Africa’s strategic, but lately troubled, regions. Wang Wenbin, China’s Spokesman for the Ministry
In 2008, Zimbabwe was at a turning point. Then president Robert Mugabe faced electoral defeat by pro-democracy challengers for the first time in two decades. Suddenly, his cash-starved regime received a surprise $100-million, which it