In early March, the Songhai army confronted the invaders at a place called Tondibi. Both sides deployed with their infantry in the center and their cavalry on the wings. The Moroccan cavalry struck ...

The Songhai army, fortunately, had limited equipment, if not no guns at all. On the other hand, Judar’s men were «well supplied with firearms, including cannons», stressed the same book.

Askia Muhammad I was overthrown by his son in 1528, and the Songhai Empire's power declined throughout the 1500s. In 1591 the Moroccan army, which was well-equipped with canons and early types of ...

Produced by Lalla SY Filmed and edited by Franck Noudofinin Days of heavy fighting between M23 rebels and DR Congo's army leave hospitals overwhelmed with patients. Thomas Naadi explains how ...