A recent ambush by criminals near Niger's border with Burkina Faso resulted in the death of at least 10 soldiers. The ...

At least 10 soldiers were killed by armed assailants in an ambush in western Nigeria, near Burkina Faso's border. The attack ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...

"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

Within ECOWAS, there’s an institution known as the Community Court of Justice. Since 2005, this Court has had jurisdiction to ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of ...

The Sahel is one of the most challenged regions in the world ... severely impacting an already devastating humanitarian crisis. Historically, Nigeria has done the opposite of what it is being accused ...

The two organizations helped journalists in Africa's Sahel region learn mobile journalism and safety while reporting on ...

The handover of the last French military base in Chad and the Sahel marks a loss of influence for Paris and European interests in the region.

Professor Okodima Nnoli posits that the African continent has always being engulfed in political bushfires and economic maladies. Nnoli is right in his sentiments because all the sub-regions of Africa ...