Morocco’s $1.3bn Atlantic Initiative aims to link Sahel nations to the ocean via Western Sahara, despite coups, rivalries, ...

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to ...

A unit of Russia’s Lukoil has signed a new exploration agreement in Egypt’s Eastern Desert as the North African country intensifies efforts to boost its crude oil reserves. The agreement was signed ...

The International Criminal Court has been asked to review a confidential legal report arguing that the Russia-linked Wagner ...

The International Criminal Court is reviewing a confidential legal report asserting that the Russia-linked Wagner group has ...

The International Criminal Court has been asked to review a confidential legal report asserting that the Russia-linked Wagner ...

Officals in Niger say armed men have killed 34 soldiers in western Niger near the tri-state border with Mali and Burkina Faso ...

Since 2011, many Sahel strategies have been adopted in collaboration with various partners to respond to the region’s challenges. Despite these efforts, the G5 countries face not only ongoing security ...

A worker waters plants in the China-Africa Green Technology Park in Bir El Barka, Trarza region, western Mauritania, on May 22, 2025. The China-Africa Green Technology Park is a key demonstration ...

The new concessions complement the extraction of mineral resources, which are abundant in the Sahel states of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. Niger, for example, has significant deposits of uranium ...