What’s happening to the Fulani in the Sahel isn’t just war — it’s collective punishment. This is the story no one...
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Sahel: Terror Groups Gain Ground as Armies Struggle to Contain Them
Al-Qaeda’s Sahel branch, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM or GNIM in French) is now emerging as the region’s...
Moroccan Truck Drivers and Spanish Tourists Freed After Kidnapping in Burkina Faso and Southern Algeria
Four Moroccan truck drivers, kidnapped over the weekend by an armed group near the Burkina Faso-Niger border, were...
Sahel: Death toll in latest terror attack on Solhan in Burkina Faso updated to 160
Sahel: Massacre in northern Burkina Faso
Sahel: Burkina Faso struggles with terror attacks in the north
Sahel: Terror attack in Burkina Faso claims lives of eight militiamen
Sahel: Mass killings continue, another deadly week in Mali and Niger
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
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
Security crisis dominates campaigning for Burkina Faso’s presidential election
Burkina Faso president launches campaign for second term
Infighting inside the Sahel’s Jihadi movement
Sahel to get $285 million of Covid-19 aid from AfDB
Burkina Faso government under pressure over extrajudicial killings
France’s massive challenges in the Sahel
Burkina Faso: From favored tourist destination to a hotbed of terrorism
Burkina Faso army raids insurgent locations near border with Ivory Coast
Beyond the Sahel: Jihadi contagion spreads to the Ivory Coast
Sahel: Government forces sowing terror in the Sahel
Sahel: The who’s who of foreign forces in the Sahel
Sahel: With Droukdel dead, here’s Al-Qaeda/IS’ trio of leaders to watch
Sahel: Growing concern over soldiers’ misconduct in the Sahel
Famine in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Insurgents ambush vendors in Loroum, kill 15
Burkina Faso: More violence in Houet, two gendarmes killed
Outlook: Can the country of Togo be a Jihadi hotspot?
Dapaong, Togo, May 21, 2020 (By Célia Lebur) - In a makeshift bunker of sacks of rice beneath a tree, heavily-armed...
Burkina Faso: Rights group wants investigation into extra-judicial killings
Ouagadougou, May 20, 2020 - Human Rights Watch called Wednesday on the Burkina Faso authorities to hold an...
Burkina Faso: Al-Qaeda-affiliate claims responsibility for attack in Loroum
Ouagadougou, May 20, 2020 - Two Burkina Faso soldiers and five civilian defence volunteers have been killed during an...
Burkina Faso kills dozens of alleged insurgents in Kossi province
Ouagadougou, May 20, 2020 - Two Burkina Faso police and 47 "terrorists" died during a major operation in northwestern...
Mali: War rages near border with Burkina Faso ($)
Sahel: Terror groups in Sahel exploit Covid-19 to step up attacks
United Nations, United States, May 8, 2020 - UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres has warned that jihadist groups in...
Week-in-review podcast: Lockdowns, curfews and government abuse
This is a retrospect on North Africa and the Sahel region, for the week ending 24 April. The review, which focuses on...
Sahel: Extrajudicial killing of civilians in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso's security forces allegedly executed 31 unarmed detainees in the northern town of Djibo, Human Rights...
The coronavirus in the Sahel
Bamako - By Amaury Hauchard with Armel Baily in Ouagadougou: The rise of coronavirus in the war-torn Sahel has sparked...
Sahel: Covid-19 magnifies food crisis in the Sahel
Dakar, April 2, 2020 - More than five million people in Africa's conflict-ravaged Sahel region are facing hunger, the...
Sahel: More insurgent attacks across the Sahel
March 25, 2020 - Two soldiers in Mali and three civilians in Burkina Faso died in suspected jihadist attacks in the...