The US military has deployed about 100 troops in Niger to help coordinate intelligence sharing with the French, whose forces are currently fighting to seize Islamist-controlled territory in Mali, President Obama announced Friday. The US forces are armed with “weapons for the purpose of providing their own force protection and security,” Obama said in a letter to Congress, adding that Niger officials... 

US military training soldiers from Uganda People’s Defense Force. The United States Army will be deploying troops to nearly three-dozen African nations in the coming year. Soldiers based out of Fort Riley, Kansas’ 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division will begin training in March 2013 in order to prepare for a project that will send troops to as many as 35 African nations, the Associated Press... 

Military forces of the African Union are ready to enter the north of Mali to suppress Islamist uprisings. The plan of the operation aimed at restoration of legitimate authority must be submitted to the UN by November 27. So far, the West only promised to help with the logistics, but the strong army of Chad that has experience of conducting military actions in the desert and air force is ready to fight... 

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi after his capture, his fingers wrapped in bandages and his legs covered with a blanket. Interim Tripoli government says son of Muammar Gaddafi was arrested while attempting to flee to neighbouring Niger. Celebrations have erupted across Libya at the capture of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the fugitive son of Libya’s deceased former dictator. Libyan state TV reported that Saif... 

Saadi Gaddafi, one of the sons of the Libyan fugitive ruler Muammar Gaddafi. One of the sons of Libyan fugitive ruler Muammar Gaddafi has escaped to the neighboring country of Niger, which has reportedly turned into a safe haven for members of the dictator’s crumbling regime. Niger’s Justice Minister Marou Amadou said on Sunday that Saadi Gaddafi has arrived in Niger and was heading to... 

Fugitive Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi Fugitive Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi has vowed that he will continue resisting and will defeat revolutionaries that control most of the country as well as NATO forces. Gaddafi, whose whereabouts remain unknown, made the remarks in a phone call to Syria’s Arrari Television station on Thursday, Reuters reported. The defiant dictator slammed reports of his... 

On Feb. 18, 2010, an army colonel backed by mutinous troops overthrew the government of President Mamadou Tandja. What happened? Will the military junta keep its promises to fight corruption? Will the decade old democracy resist this Coup d’état? Niger is a former French colony so what is France’s position on the seizure of President Mamadou Tandja? Watch video here  Read More »