France repeatedly pressed him to contribute to the G5 Sahel "joint force" - an arrangement under which member states' forces collaborate and operate across borders in the fight against jihadist ...

The G5 Sahel group was established in February 2014 ... In 2015, the group’s member states created joint armed forces to combat terrorist groups active in the Sahel region.

Spanning the area from Senegal to Eritrea, situated between the Sahara to the north and the African tropics to the south, the Sahel region ... over seven hundred members, including Yusuf ...

Now, on the margins of the G5 Sahel summit in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, regional leaders have voiced support for the Desert to Power initiative. The heads of state said they will seek to attract ...

Victims of migrant traffickers and human trafficking make perilous journeys from the Sahel to North Africa and Europe. Migrant trafficking remains a well-paid activity. In the former G5 Sahel ...

The political will displayed by the Sahel member countries of the G5 Task Force appears to be out of step with the actual capabilities of their armies.

The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has announced it has suspended work in the north Burkina Faso city of Djibo. In ...

However, it is increasingly clear that the problem facing Chad, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and Mauritania (known as the G5 Sahel ... with accusations that members of the mainly Muslim Fulani ...

Since 2018, Africa has been the global epicentre of violent extremism, with devastating effects on the lives and livelihoods ...

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.

Cradle of a remarkable cultural heritage and land of opportunity, with a rich and dynamic population, the Sahel is going through many challenges. Due to the increasing insecurity, the number of people ...

s/he remains employed by an active World Bank Group staff member who is on a G4 visa. See Request Extension of I-94. A G5 visa is a non-immigrant visa. Send an e-fax, copying the staff member, on ...