The allies consolidated their ties with the creation of a Confederation of Sahel States which will be chaired by Mali in its ...

The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s West African branch, claimed responsibility for a coordinated ...

September 22, 2024: In the African country of Mali, Russian Wagner Group mercenaries went looking for some low-risk, high-paying work during July 2024. What they got was a massacre that left all the ...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will soon launch new biometric passports, Mali's military leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, said on ...

On September 9, jihadist militants launched a coordinated assault on several Christian villages in Burkina Faso, resulting in ...

This is the first major attack on Bamako since 2015 when fighters targeted foreigners in a nightclub and hotel.

Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have escalated their attacks on civilians, massacring villagers, displaced people, and ...

For years the U.S. has indirectly contributed to an outbreak of terrorist violence in a region of West Africa known as the Sahel. Ongoing conflicts in the Sahel region, spanning from Senegal to ...

The Thabo Mbeki Foundation (TMF) is set to launch its inaugural Annual Peace and Security Dialogue (APSD), on October 4–6, ...

The co-ordinated dawn attack on two key security targets is the latest sign of the Islamist insurgency expanding in southern ...

Background Sudan is a beautiful country in northeast Africa, just south of Egypt on the coast of the Red Sea. The country ...

Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have escalated their attacks on civilians, massacring villagers, displaced people, and ...