On 30 June 2025 in Ouagadougou, representatives from six member countries of the Desert to Power Initiative ( https://apo-opa ...

For the governments of West Africa's Sahel region, the stakes are even higher. Gold is a lifeline for the military juntas of ...

The terrorist group has emerged as most active in the Sahel, with a footprint across eight countries. It has been conducting ...

Analysis - In the Sahel, violent terrorism--now structural--and various forms of trafficking, including that of migrants, are linked structural realities. The agonizing Trans borders cooperation is ...

As armed groups shift away from direct confrontations with the military, commercial drones are increasingly used to carry out attacks.

General Abdourahamane Tiani, who secured his first presidential mandate at the end of March, is trying to maintain the ...

As armed groups shift away from direct confrontations with the military, commercial drones are increasingly used to carry out attacks.

The 2024 crisis exposed structural faults at the core of the West African regional body. At 50, can the once-great ...

In Africa’s turbulent Sahel region, the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM jihadist group is expanding its influence by repeated massacres, ...

In the Sahel, a region plagued by jihadist violence, there are roads people steer clear of and others they travel on with ...

Today the relative peace and political stability in the Sahel region have come under serious threat made by the current Prime ...