Mali and its neighbours have for more than a decade battled militant groups allied to Islamic State and al-Qaeda while ...

The Great Green Wall in the Sahel, a mosaic of forests, farmlands and grasslands dotting the arid fringes of Sahara, was ...

Sahel region is the "epicentre of global terrorism The Sahel has some of the world's highest birth rates, and almost two-thirds of the population is under 25. The Sahel region of Africa is the ...

Burkina Faso, along with Mali and Niger, has officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). All ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa.

For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's ...

China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held at the Chinese embassy in the capital Niamey. In front of Chinese ambassador ...

Militant groups have been expanding their presence in the Sahel, capitalizing on instability in countries including Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger ... were able to locate a cache of weapons in the ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who has led Burkina Faso since a 2022 coup, is focusing on economic autonomy to reduce reliance on foreign aid and harness internal resources. This strategy ...

Following the immediate withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), there are now fewer countries that Nigerian passport holders can visit ...

At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in retreat.