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

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - January 29, 2025 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) confirmed this Wednesday the ...

Military-led governments in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have made a series of moves recently to assert greater control over ...

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

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...

A source who asked for anonymity said Emptech is not involved in the production of the new passport for the three Sahel ...

A government plain in the African nation of Mali to remove state support for Catholic schools could harm inter-religious ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising extremist ...

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