Drones are likely helping the group monitor fuel trucks attempting to break its blockade on the Malian capital of Bamako, ...

Operation Barkhane was the largest French antiterrorist mission in Sub-Saharan Africa and a key element of European security policy in the Sahel. Launched in 2014, it aimed to stabilise the region by ...

An Islamist armed group has killed 30 civilians, including 4 children, and 5 captured combatants, in two attacks in western ...

Niger President Abdourahmane Tchiani issues a fiery warning after a terror attack on Niamey airport and Air Base 101, ...

Analysis - Following the disruption of their relations with the French and American militaries, Sahel countries have forged ...

Nick Checker, head of the US State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, visited Mali on Monday, calling for renewed ...

ACCRA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama on Friday called for a strengthened solidarity in the West Africa and Sahel region to ensure a united front in the fight to subdue ...

The Trump administration has launched a charm offensive in West Africa, seeking to revive U.S. relations with the ...

The Sahel, the semi-arid African region stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east, has become the epicenter of global terrorism, given the high number of attacks by ...

In a display of cultural solidarity, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have joined forces to produce a musical comedy titled A Sahel Vigil, using art as a space for dialogue, memory, and reflection on the ...

BAMAKO, Dec 22 — Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have announced the creation of a new military alliance modeled on NATO, unveiling a joint force of 5,000 troops aimed at combating Islamist insurgencies ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Nouhoun Sidibè was a herder, like his father and grandfather, and took pride in his identity as a pastoralist. That’s until the day armed men descended on his home in ...