Extremist attacks in the Sahel have been increasing. Last week, Islamic militants attacked Bamako, the capital of Mali.

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have formed the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) to reject Western pressures and establish a ...

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 ...

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

Once-close relations between the two countries saw the US establish large, expensive military bases from which it launched ...

In the past 12 months, we have seen extreme weather events in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire and the Sahel region. We have also witnessed prolonged drought in ...

Drone strikes carried out by the Malians in Tinzawaten serve as a reminder that these aircraft are now a critical part of the ...

Recent floods in northeast Nigeria have displaced at least 50,000 people from their homes since the weekend. Across the Sahel and Lake Chad region, heavy floods have exacerbated existing humanitarian ...

The Lake Chad Basin and Sahel regions present unique challenges in the fight against polio, as they remain critical engines of transmission in Africa. Despite significant efforts, variant ...

Hungary has bucked a trend by Western nations to withdraw from the Sahel region of Africa where Russia has increased its presence, and plans to deploy soldiers to Chad, whose leader Mahamat Idriss ...

It highlighted the growing divide in West Africa. For the U.S. and EU, this development signals a complex geopolitical shift, raising questions about regional stability and influence in the Sahel.