In Nigeria, recent economic policies such as the cancellation of gasoline subsidies are driving the country's worst ...

Mali has been a member of the three Alliance of Sahel States which severed their regional and security relationships with ...

Here’s what we know about the security situation in Sahel: Over the last decade, the region has been shaken by extremist ...

Inter-state rivalry, domestic instability and terrorism in West Africa may force Beijing to reassess its approach to the ...

Iron carried in clouds of Saharan dust blown across the Atlantic Ocean is increasingly available to tiny life forms the further it travels.

I drew attention in a previous article to the inadequacy of the international community’s response so far to the war of aggression being waged by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia and its ...

Attack on police training academy and nearby airport one of the worst since unrest began more than a decade ago.

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — all led by military juntas — have announced plans to introduce a new biometric passport. It’s the latest step in their withdrawal from the regions’ main bloc of nations: ...

This week, an Al Qaeda affiliate conducted a lethal attack in Mali's capital, killing around 70 people. The insurgents ...

An elaborate attack by an Al Qaeda affiliate in Mali's capital this week killed some 70 people, diplomatic and security ...

The bipartisan Global Fragility Act, a revival of a Trump-era law, would unify assistance programs for the different ...

Severe rains bucketed down on central Europe, Africa, Shanghai and the U.S. Carolinas this week, underscoring the extreme ...