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

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.

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to ...

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, ...

After some G5 Sahel countries opposed Mali holding the organisation’s presidency, the country’s transitional government withdrew from the G5 Sahel on 16 May. This was precipitated by an escalation of ...

Armed groups from across Nigeria and from neighbouring countries in the Sahel are believed to be behind many attacks. Raids ...

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

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 dwindling.

On Africa's dry western tip, Mauritania has become an unlikely staging post for Ukraine's increasingly global struggle with ...