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

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

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By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appointed a former national ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising ...

From the Sahel ECOWAS impasse to the expected disruption coming with US President Donald Trump’s second term, economist ...

Three junta-ruled countries in Africa's Sahel region will join forces to create a 5,000-strong unit to fight the jihadist violence that has for years plagued the nations, officials said on Tuesday.

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has appointed a former national security chief as envoy to the alliance formed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, signalling his administration's intention to mend ...

Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali have formed a joint 5,000-strong military force to combat extremist violence in the Sahel region. After expelling French forces, the countries now rely on Russia's ...

Paul Nantulya, a China analyst at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, noted that China has recently become ...

Sahel juntas -- Mali’s Assimi Goita, Niger’s Abdourahamane Tiani and Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traore -- are tightening controls ...

A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a ...