Togo has not ruled out joining a Sahel defence pact forged by the military-led governments of Burkina Faso, Mail and Niger, the country's foreign minister said Thursday.

The Islamic State in Sub-Saharan Africa (EIGS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly ambush that left 17 soldiers and six ...

The Defence Headquarters raised alarm over the increasing influx of foreign fighters from Sahel into terrorist groups within ...

Sahel juntas -- Mali’s Assimi Goita, Niger’s Abdourahamane Tiani and Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traore -- are tightening controls ...

Paul Nantulya, a China analyst at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, noted that China has recently become ...

How should the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deal with the Sahel juntas, as they plan to break away from ...

Press Release - Armed groups and government forces in West Africa have committed atrocities with impunity in 2024, with thousands of dead and injured, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report ...

Following the withdrawal of France's Operation Barkhane, Algeria is being challenged on its southern borders by Sahelian ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he was still waiting for Africa's Sahel states to thank Paris for stopping ...

Before you hop on that camel trek, take time to understand the nomadic cultures of the Sahel. These communities hold a deep ...

A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a ...