A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western ...

South Wadi El Sahel is located near the established production hubs, processing facilities and infrastructure, which is expected to lower operational and development costs.

Au revoir, Sahel: Did 2023 crush France’s influence in Africa? France’s hold on its African allies significantly shrunk in 2023. Here’s a timeline of how that unfolded.

GENEVA — A senior U.N. official is warning Africa’s volatile Sahel region risks becoming a forgotten crisis because of the many competing emergencies around the world.

Insecurity and instability in the Sahel continue to have dire implications for civilians in the region. On October 16, 2023, please join the CSIS Africa Program and the E.U. Delegation to the U.S. for ...

The Sahel region has become a focal point of deepening polarization between pro-Western “moderate” states and nations seeking independence from neo-colonial influence, relying instead on non ...

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday warned that a rampant Islamist insurgency in West Africa's Sahel is threatening to engulf the entire region.

A powerful, opaque al-Qaeda affiliate is rampaging across West Africa. With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the ...

Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new terrorism hot spots and displacing millions.