Four people were killed when a U.S. military-contracted plane crashed in a rice field in southern Philippines on Thursday, ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

NIGER— The Nigerian Air Force yesterday said its Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma, AC OPFY, has killed scores of ...

In a statement on Sunday, the spokesman for the governor of Zamfara State said the Nigerian air force over the weekend targeted so-called bandits, who kill villagers and carry out mass kidnappings ...

The Nigerian Air Force airstrikes on Saturday mistakenly hit operatives of the Zamfara State Community Protection Guard, ZSCPG, vigilantes, and some residents of Tungar Kara community in Maradun ...

The Nigerian Air Force, operating under the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), conducted a night airstrike in Degbewa and Chikide, located in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.  The ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) spokesperson Air Vice Marshal Olusola Akinboyewa said late on Sunday an air strike in northwestern Zamfara state on Saturday had targeted bandits, and that the air force ...

An ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger’s ruling military junta said.

When the Nigerian Air Force celebrated its 60th anniversary in May 2024, its spokesperson declared it was set to become the third largest air force in Africa within the next two years. This is ...

These attacks are the latest in a series of aerial bombardments by the Nigerian government as part of a protracted campaign ...