The Sahel remains a principal transit point for migrants traveling from sub-Saharan Africa to northern coastal states and on to Europe. Further violence could exponentially increase the rate o ...

His latest album, Funeral for Justice, was released in May. At the other end of the style spectrum, Tidiane Thiam’s Africa Yontii is a delicate instrumental album – his third with Sahel Sounds, with ...

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

More than a year after its withdrawal from Bamako, Ouagadougou and Niamey, Air France has managed to limit the impact on its ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many countries around the world suffer from the problems caused by desertification but it is the Sahel region of Africa where the effects are greatest. The Sahel is a narrow belt of land which ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) is looking for an inspiring and experienced Regional Office Director to lead our operations in Dakar and guide our human security work across West Africa and ...

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 ...

In Ghana, Sahel Jihadis Find Refuge and Supplies ... a move that could help them expand their footprint in West Africa. The sources, who include Ghanaian security officials and regional diplomats ...