Dare, the special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on media and public communication, has expressed optimism about plans to ...

He said Mission 300 was supported by donors like the World Bank, Rockefeller Foundation, the African Development Bank (ADB), ...

The Sahel, a semiarid region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, has long been a focal point and an environmental issue .

Niger has suspended its participation in the Multinational Joint Task Force, and Chad has threatened to withdraw.In March 1994, the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) set up the Multinational Joint ...

The joint G5 Sahel countries have an estimated 5,000-strong force but some troops are under-trained and poorly equipped. The US has two drone bases in Niger.

Meanwhile, military governments in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have already announced they are ending defense agreements with France, expelling French forces, and withdrawing from the G5 Sahel.

In 2013, it launched Operation Serval in Mali, replaced in 2014 by Operation Barkhane in partnership with the G5 Sahel countries, namely Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, an alliance ...

Now, on the margins of the G5 Sahel summit in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, regional leaders have voiced support for the Desert to Power initiative. The heads of state said they will seek to attract ...

File photo. French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech after a meeting via video-conference with leaders of the G5 Sahel, in Paris, France, 16 February 2021. [Pool/EPA/EFE] President ...

A map of French army locations in Sahel is pictured as French President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) delivers his speech after a meeting via video-conference with leaders of the G5 Sahel ...