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 ...

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 ...

Burkina Faso military government has removed a curfew imposed on the West African nation eastern region in 2019 Read Full ...

African leaders may have been quick to congratulate Donald Trump on his election, professing a desire for mutually beneficial ...

When they first emerged in West Africa 20 years ago, Islamist militants ... Ghana and Ivory Coast, which border the Sahel.

Support for cooperation with the Alliance of Sahel States mirrors the growing ... but also signal to the rest of West Africa new opportunities for integration and co-operation without external ...

Abuses by various jihadist groups, local militias and the Wagner Group are on the rise in the Sahel. The worsening security situation has forced the NGO Doctors Without Borders to suspend its ...

Launched by the African Union in 2007, the Great Green Wall (GGW) aims to combat desertification, drought and land ...

When they first emerged in West Africa 20 years ago ... Ghana and Ivory Coast, which border the Sahel. Ghana is a centrepiece of that pivot to the coast. When asked why the militants had so ...

The most recent figures show that these two trends are particularly true in the Sahel and the Central Africa regions. The third trend relates to the geographic expansion of the threat of terrorism ...

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 ...