Russia expands influence in West Africa. According to the Africa Center, an academic institution within the US Department of ...

This assumption of foreign (Western, to be specific ... violence and threats against journalists” in the military-run Sahel states, citing, among other key concerns, the manner in which ...

In Mali and Burkina Faso in the western Sahel, armed groups are taking over swaths of land while Niger also faces mounting threats. Although militaries there seized power in coups and expelled ...

Western nations have since refocused resources on efforts to shore up the northern regions of Benin, Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast, which border the Sahel. Ghana is a centrepiece of that pivot to ...

Jihadist insurgencies across the western Sahel—in countries such as Niger and Mali—and a ferocious civil war in Sudan have worsened the situation. In Sudan around 140,000 were displaced by ...

The report painted a grim picture of life under military dictatorships in the Sahel. "It is 7 p.m. Everything ... of the civilian governments and their Western supporters. The juntas promoted ...

reshaping Moscow's foreign policy and emphasising Africa as a space to compete fiercely with Western powers. Several Sahel countries are now run by military juntas that have sought closer ties ...

In this context, it is worth considering the possibility of the Sahel region becoming a battleground between Russia and Ukraine with substantial Western support, especially after the withdrawal of ...

The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African ...

As relations between the ruling juntas in the Sahel States Alliance (AES) and Western powers continue to worsen, Russia is ramping up economic initiatives to strengthen its influence in the region.