The head of Mali's junta General Assimi Goita has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable "as many times as necessary" and without election, in a bill signed into law on Thursday.

Indian nationals abducted while Mali’s army and armed groups clash, raising concerns crisis could resonate beyond Sahel.

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso are fighting an insurgency linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) that began in northern ...

The World Bank’s Pathways to Scale highlights how economic inclusion programs across the Sahel, especially those targeting ...

Swarms of desert locusts are moving across parts of North Africa. With unusually heavy rains in late 2024 supporting growth ...

A wave of synchronised assaults by jihadist fighters has rocked Mali, targeting military installations across seven towns, including Binoli, Kayes, and Sandere, in what marks the third major offensive ...

A UK-funded report reveals that Mali’s social protection system is ill-equipped to handle compounding crises of climate shocks, conflict, and food insecurity. It calls for stronger disaster risk ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Armed men attacked a Mali community just over the border from Senegal, Mali’s military said Tuesday — a ...

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

Morocco’s $1.3bn Atlantic Initiative aims to link Sahel nations to the ocean via Western Sahara, despite coups, rivalries, ...

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

Abidjan (AFP) — Army strongmen who have seized power in coups across Africa’s Sahel region since 2020 have ramped up pressure on foreign mining companies in the name of greater control over their ...