To combat the brewing drought and desertification, the African Union developed the Great Green Wall Initiative in 2007. The ...

ShareMinister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, speaks in this interview monitored on Arise Television on the final exit of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African ...

The Mauritanian authorities have agreed to issue three-month multiple-entry visas to Moroccan professional drivers involved ...

With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, ...

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

In recent years, West Africa has seen a surge in terrorist attacks. The Sahel remains the epicenter, accounting for 47% of terrorism-related deaths worldwide in 2023, according to the Global Terrorism ...

The Speaker of Mauritania’s National Assembly, Mohamed Bamba Meguett, also stressed the importance of pooling African states’ ...

nited States security engagements in West Africa cannot be understood without consideration of regional geopolitical challenges spanning political instability, climate change, humanitarian and food ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday directed the Army, the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

The Trump administration's decision to suspend American aid to foreign countries for 90 days has caught many African governments off guard. In the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), ...

Morocco stopped 78,685 migrants from illegally crossing into European Union territory in 2024, up 4.6% from a year earlier, ...