Black, 35, was a medical sergeant assigned to the Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group when he was killed Oct. 4, 2017, during an enemy attack in Niger, West Africa that also ...

ambush near Tongo Tongo in the West African nation of Niger. Black, 35, was a Green Beret with the 3rd Special Forces Group from Fort Bragg, one of 11 American soldiers on a patrol with 30 ...

Black — along with three other Special Forces soldiers — died on Oct. 4, 2017 in Tongo Tongo, Niger when 100 members of the Islamic State attacked the reconnaissance patrol that he was part of.

Dr. Mohammed Sani, a renowned security analyst and public affairs commentator, has issued a scathing assessment of President ...

The military regimes in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Niger are working to silence any criticism of the authorities in power. To suppress dissenting voices, the defence and security forces regularly ...

As the dust raised by the continuing killings in Benue and Plateau states is yet to settle, Niger State governor, Umaru Bago, yesterday declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the capital, Minna, following ...

Mr President, welcome back from your working visit to France. Since you left, it has been a harvest of misfortune across the ...

The family of a 3rd Special Forces Group soldier killed in 2017 in Africa received his Silver Star this week. Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black posthumously received the nation's third-highest award for ...

While this development has refreshed the global image of the Turkish military, the Turkish defense industry has become a ...

Ghana's new leader said Tuesday he initiated a fresh bid to woo back Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to the west African bloc ...

Terrorists appear to have renewed attacks in three states of the Northeast after reports analysed by Sunday Vanguard show ...

The resurgence of insecurity across the state of Nigeria, From Kebbi to Zamfara, to Katsina, to Niger and the recent unfortunate developments in Borno are very worrisome. Furthermore, insecurity has ...