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

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

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

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

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

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

Ghana President John Mahama has put Colonel Larry Gbevlo-Lartey as the head of his team to improve relations with the ...

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

It has struggled in recent years to reverse coups in the region where citizens ... own security partnership known as the Alliance of Sahel States, severed military ties with longstanding Western ...

The exit of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso was the culmination of a year-long process during which the regional bloc tried to ...

ECOWAS Pledges to 'Keep Door Open' After 3 Coup-Hit West African Nations Exit ... the rule of law,” said Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel program at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.