As Tuareg rock group Etran de l’Aïr release their new album, we take a look at their record label, the US-based Sahel Sounds ...

NATO's intervention in Libya in 2011 is considered one of the high points in the expansion of trafficking in the Sahel. Fighters from West and Central Africa, serving in Colonel Muammar Gaddafi ...

The agreement is part of Glavkosmos’ broader deal with the recently established Alliance of Sahel... Robert Wall is Executive ...

For decades, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have faced instability, terrorism, poverty and resource exploitation. Despite expelling French troops post-coups, progress is slow. Eddy Micah Jr ...

Today, more than ever, we must turn our attention to pastoralism across the Sahel and West Africa. Stretching from Mauritania and Senegal on the Atlantic coast to the Nile Valley in Sudan, the Sahel ...

This is reflected in the map with the Sahel, parts of the Middle East and ... Meanwhile, South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Kenya, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, the Philippines, Iran, Turkey and ...

Ghana shares a 600 km (372 mile) border with Burkina Faso, the country at the heart of an insurgency that has killed ...

The map highlights the Nigerian city of Kano, in the Sahel region of Africa. It also locates Abuja, the capital, in the middle of the country, as well as the southwestern city of Lagos.

As relations between the ruling juntas in the Sahel States Alliance (AES) and Western powers continue to worsen, Russia is ramping up economic initiatives to strengthen its influence in the region.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty reaffirmed Egypt's full support for Niger and Africa's Sahel region in combating terrorism, given the instability in the area due to the activities of ...

Often associated with political instability, poverty, and climate challenges, the Sahel is frequently depicted through a lens of crisis. Yet the Sahelian story, like many others in Africa, is more ...

her work has earned her the nickname “Maman Sahélienne”, or “Mother of the Sahel”. Now, in recognition of her commitment to the education of displaced children in Burkina Faso, Maimouna has been named ...