Experts attribute the expansion of violent extremism in the Sahel to persistently weak governance, characterized by corruption, democratic backsliding, legitimacy deficits, and human rights ...

The Sahel’s organised crime and extremism crisis stems not from a lack of legislation nor regional initiatives but from governments’ limited capacity to implement them. Vast ungoverned spaces, ...

Jihadist groups and militarised counter-terrorism responses have weakened traditional approaches to resolving climate ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Armed men attacked a Mali community just over the border from Senegal, Mali's military said Tuesday — an ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — As Islamist extremist groups have advanced in the past few years, often overpowering government forces in the Sahel, tens of thousands of civilians have taken up arms ...

Those negotiations could take months or longer, however, as groups that have declared allegiance to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group menace large swaths of the Sahel, the vast, semiarid region ...

The imams, who initially came together in November to condemn the extremism in Mali, met in Algiers on Wednesday (January 30th) to formally launch the League of Ulemas of the Sahel. Imams of the ...

The U.S. military turned over control of its last base in Niger to local forces on Monday, ending a yearslong counterterrorism mission in the West African country even as violent extremism remains ...

Jihadist groups and militarised counterterrorism responses have weakened traditional approaches to resolving climate disputes.

Analysis - Jihadist groups and militarised counter-terrorism responses have weakened traditional approaches to resolving climate disputes.