"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

The countries of the western Sahel are now the heart of global jihadism, where regional offshoots of al Qaeda and Islamic State are battling both each other and a group of wobbly military governments.

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...

Russia has expressed support for the deployment of a joint military force by Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali to fight terrorism ...

Stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, Africa’s Sahel region is experiencing security problems and surging anti-Western sentiment that could prove an opportunity for China ...

The Sahel, a semiarid region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, has long been a focal point and an environmental issue .

Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes ...

Situated in the volatile Sahel region, which has seen a spate of ... the lens of regional geopolitical competition. “Where the Western alliance and establishment have vacated in Africa, we ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said.