In recent times, as the military knocked off one civilian regime after another across the Sahel, observers were disconcerted by the prospect of a region-wide capitulation to autocracy and the ...

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 – set up after a road trip around the region by its American founder. This ...

This is reflected in the map with the Sahel, parts of the Middle East and Ukraine in the ‘high’ or ‘extreme’ security risk category," said Sally Llewellyn, Global Security Director ...

It should be remembered that the advent of terrorism and the war in Libya have exacerbated various forms of trafficking in the Sahel: mainly firearms, drugs, fuel, medicines, cigarettes ...

Activists are condemning the juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger for failing to keep their promises. Some are calling for a return to civilian rule. https://p.dw ...

KUWAIT CITY,, Oct 29: Yousef Kazem, the official spokesperson for the unified government application for electronic services, Sahel, has urged Kuwaitis and expats to be cautious of unauthorized links ...

Our new report, Changing climate, changing realities: migration in the Sahel, looks at ways climate change is affecting people’s lives, with case studies from Mali and Sudan. In the Sahel region, ...

For decades, the Sahel — an area covering the countries of Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and The Gambia — has been painted as a place of misery. Often ...

Born and raised in Dori, in the far northeast of Burkina Faso, Maimouna Ba was the youngest of 12 children living in the country’s vast, remote and arid Sahel region, a six-hour drive from the capital ...

In Ghana, Sahel Jihadis Find Refuge and Supplies, Sources Say (This Oct. 24 story has been corrected to clarify that Atimpe is a researcher on preventing violent extremism, not an expert on ...

For many years, Côte d’Ivoire and the countries within the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) have maintained close and friendly relations. Despite the pro-French agenda of Côte d’Ivoire’s ...