Russia expands influence in West Africa. According to the Africa Center, an academic institution within the US Department of ...

This assumption of foreign (Western, to be specific ... violence and threats against journalists” in the military-run Sahel states, citing, among other key concerns, the manner in which ...

In Mali and Burkina Faso in the western Sahel, armed groups are taking over swaths of land while Niger also faces mounting threats. Although militaries there seized power in coups and expelled ...

This assumption of foreign (Western, to be specific ... violence and threats against journalists" in the military-run Sahel states, citing, among other key concerns, the manner in which "patriotic ...

Western nations have since refocused resources on efforts to shore up the northern regions of Benin, Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast, which border the Sahel. Ghana is a centrepiece of that pivot to ...

For many years, Côte d’Ivoire and the countries within the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) have maintained close and friendly ...

Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation of 23 million in Sahel, an arid strip of land south of the Sahara ... selling beer and meat ...

reshaping Moscow's foreign policy and emphasising Africa as a space to compete fiercely with Western powers. Several Sahel countries are now run by military juntas that have sought closer ties ...

Aboubakar Alassane of the West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO) explains how Nigeriens are enduring the consequences of ...

In this context, it is worth considering the possibility of the Sahel region becoming a battleground between Russia and Ukraine with substantial Western support, especially after the withdrawal of ...

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.