Sunday, 25 February was a bloody day for religious groups in Burkina Faso. Two attacks against a church and a mosque...
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Sahel: Wagner Group closes in on Mali’s N’Tillit gold mine
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso share a common border. GPS coordinates [14.9143, 0.2424] are where the three countries...
Podcast: The Sahel is the Next Big Geopolitical Crisis where Foreign Meddlers are Congregating
Transcript: The Sahel is now clearly the next big event in Africa's geopolitics. After the complete destruction of...
Burkina Faso: Terror attack on Karma mine leaves two dead
Unidentified gunmen on Thursday killed a soldier and a civilian in an attack on a gold mine in northern Burkina Faso,...
Sahel: Six killed in attacks on Burkina security forces
Two soldiers and four civilian volunteers with Burkina Faso's security forces have been killed in clashes with...
Sahel: North and south Burkina Faso attacked this weekend
Around 40 people, many of them civilian volunteers with the army, have been killed in suspected jihadist attacks in...
Sahel terror spreads to Togo with new attack in Kpinkankandi
Eight soldiers were killed on Wednesday and 13 wounded in a "terrorist attack" in northern Togo near the border with...
Sahel: The Burkina Faso coup: Not so bloodless after all
Two civilians were killed and a dozen injured in last month's coup in Burkina Faso, an event that had previously been...
Sahel: Explosion at illegal gold mine in Burkina Faso kills 63
The death toll from an accidental explosion at an illegal gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso rose on Tuesday to...
Sahel: Denmark withdraws aid to Mali and Burkina Faso
Denmark will partially suspend its development aid to Mali and Burkina Faso, its foreign ministry said on Friday,...
Sahel: Burkina Faso expects war on Jihadists to intensify in the months ahead
Burkina Faso's new armed forces chief, who was appointed last week following a military coup, on Wednesday vowed to...
Sahel: Jihadists looking to expand beyond Sahel: 9 dead , including French national in north Benin ambush
Update: Benin attacks toll rises to nine, including Frenchman Nine people including a Frenchman were killed this week...
Sahel: Foreign diplomats feel they can save Burkina Faso from turmoil
Diplomats in Burkina Faso on Friday said they would help the junta that seized power last month restore security to...
Sahel: Burkina junta lifts nationwide curfew
Burkina Faso's junta lifted Wednesday a nationwide curfew they imposed after seizing power in a coup last month, the...
Security/Sahel: Joint Burkina Faso/Niger counter-insurgency operation claims neutralizing dozens of jihadists
The armies of Burkina Faso and neighbouring Niger said Thursday they had killed around 100 "terrorists" in a joint...
Burkina Faso: Anti-France sentiment in Burkina Faso creates operational challenges for French troops in the Sahel
By Armel Baily A French military convoy heading for Mali remained blocked in Burkina Faso on Thursday after being...
Burkina Faso: 14 killed in army-jihadists clash in Thiou
Three soldiers and 11 suspected jihadists were killed when an army unit came under fire in northern Burkina Faso, the...
Sahel: New Jihadist attacks in Mali and Burkina Faso
Four Malian soldiers were killed by suspected jihadists Sunday and several others wounded in an attack northeast of...
Sahel: UN and NATO mulling over support to Sahelian armies in combating militant groups
NATO is studying options to bolster support for the multinational G5 Sahel force in the troubled three-borders region...
A destabilized region: Awful week in the Sahel
Introduction by Arezki Daoud: For years, several analysts made dire predictions about where the Sahel was headed....
Sahel: Violence in the Sahel continues to escalate with no end in sight
Deadly competition between two insurgent groups spreads terror in Lake Chad Here is a factfile on Boko Haram and its...
Sahel: Insurgency is destabilizing Burkina Faso, with mass population displacement
Record numbers of people in Burkina Faso have become internally displaced or fled abroad as a result of jihadist...
Burkina Faso: Quarter million people forced to abandon their homes so far this year
More than 237,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes in the past six months in Burkina Faso, a country...
Burkina Faso: Attack on Niha-Mossi village leaves 10 dead
Ten people were killed in northern Burkina Faso, seven of them members of a civilian defence force, security sources...
Burkina Faso: Mass casualty in ambush on policemen near Barsalogho
Around 10 policemen have been killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso and several more...
Sahel: France announces arrest of ISGS’ Abou Dardar
By Didier Lauras with Amaury Hauchard in Bamako French forces in Mali have captured a man they describe as a...
Sahel: Burkina Faso army raids jihadist bases, kills nearly dozen militants
Burkina Faso soldiers killed 11 jihadists and destroyed three "terrorist" bases last week in security operations after...
Sahel: Burkina Faso holds talks on security crisis
Burkina Faso on Thursday launched a two-day huddle gathering governing and opposition parties to discuss the country's...
Sahel: France to announce withdrawal of troops from Sahel as region slides into uncontrollable violence
By Daphné Benoit French President Emmanuel Macron is set to announce Thursday a partial withdrawal of French troops...
Benin: Growing risk of Jihad contagion from the Sahel in West Africa’s Benin
Jihadists operating near Benin's borders with Burkina Faso and Niger may coopt intensifying communal conflicts in the...
Sahel: Death toll in latest terror attack on Solhan in Burkina Faso updated to 160
Details of the massacre Suspected jihadists killed 160 people -- including 20 children -- in the village of Solhan in...
Sahel: Massacre in northern Burkina Faso
UN chief Antonio Guterres is "outraged" over the massacre of civilians in Burkina Faso's volatile north, his spokesman...
Sahel: Burkina Faso struggles with terror attacks in the north
Twin attacks in Burkina kill 16 Updated: May 19, 2021 - Attacks on a village and troops in the north and east of...
Sahel: Terror attack in Burkina Faso claims lives of eight militiamen
Eight civilian members of an auxiliary force in Burkina Faso's anti-jihadist campaign died in an ambush on Wednesday...
Sahel: Mass killings continue, another deadly week in Mali and Niger
Mali: Raids on army post near Ansongo claim lives of 33 soldiers By Serge Daniel - At least 33 soldiers were killed in...
Sahel: Burkina Faso’s Goudebou Camp reopens for Malian refugees
By Armel Baily - "I'm happy -- it's like coming back home," said Malian refugee Ousmane Wanaher, 34, returning to the...
Burkina Faso Prime Minister proposing to negotiate with insurgents
Burkina Faso Prime Minister Christophe Dabire on Thursday floated the idea of negotiations with jihadist groups, an...
Burkina Faso: Abbot Rodrigue Sanon found dead in the Cascades region
A priest missing since Tuesday in Burkina Faso's jihadist-plagued southwest has been found dead, security and local...
Sahel: Bad governance, terrorism and foreign meddling cause displacement of two million people in the Sahel
More than two million people have been forced to flee their homes within their own countries' borders owing to...
Sahel: Catholic priest missing in jihadist-hit Burkina Faso
A priest has gone missing in southeastern Burkina Faso, triggering fears of a kidnapping in the Sahel state, which is...
Sahel: Funding the insurgency with illegally acquired gold
Several "suspected terrorists" were arrested and more than 40,000 sticks of dynamite and detonator cords for illegal...
Sahel: Why the G5 Sahel force remains completely ineffective
Three years ago West African nations launched a joint force touted as a giant's stride in the fight against Islamist...
Burkina Faso: Christian Kabore “wins” presidential election
Burkina Faso's top court on Friday certified that President Roch Marc Christian Kabore had been elected for a second...