Al-Qaeda’s Sahel branch, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM or GNIM in French) is now emerging as the region’s...
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While the Sahel Faces Worsening Security Climate, Juntas Leverage Regional Integration to Consolidate Power
The demise of the Bachar Al-Assad regime in Syria is giving the Sahelian juntas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso second...
Mining Standoffs in the Sahel: Two Companies in the Midst of a Foreign Investor Crisis
By Arezki Daoud - Foreign mining companies in the #Sahel are experiencing a nightmare scenario. Escalating tensions in...
Sahel: France takes more steps toward conflict escalation in the Sahel
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: (you can also listen the opinion by clicking on the audio player above) | France's hawks,...
Sahel: Insecurity forces Niger to halt voter registration in troubled regions
Niamey, Jan 21, 2020 - Niger's election commission said Tuesday it had suspended a voter registration drive in a...
Sahel: New wave of population displacement in Niger amid rising terrorism
Niamey, Jan 19, 2020 - Nearly 7,000 people have fled the region in western Niger where jihadist fighters killed 89...
Sahel: Massacre in Niger’s Tillaberi region
Niamey, Jan 12, 2020 - A jihadist attack on a military camp in western Niger three days ago left 89 soldiers dead,...
Sahel: Niger accuses Sudanese asylum seekers of burning refugee camp
Niamey, Jan 6, 2020 - Niger police have arrested more than 300 Sudanese asylum seekers after accusing them of burning...
Crisis in Sahel: France’s quagmire
The Sahel is experiencing utter destabilization. Almost all countries of the region, starting with Mali, then Niger, ...
Sahel: Insurgency and criminal activity in the Sahel
Criminal activities such as arms and drug trafficking are crucial to the survival of jihadist groups in the Sahel,...
Sahel: Niger gets military equipment from US
Niamey, Dec 10, 2019 - The United States is donating $21 million (19 million euros) of military equipment to Niger...
Sahel: Insurgents raid army camp in Tahoua, Niger, 17 casualties
Niamey, Dec 11, 2019 - Three soldiers and 14 attackers died in an assault earlier this week on an army camp in western...
Humanitarian disaster in the Sahel, millions facing famine
Geneva, Nov 19, 2019 - More than 2.4 million people need urgent food aid across the central Sahel region,...
Sahel: Dozen killed in insurgent attack on Niger military base in Diffa
At least 10 people were killed on 29 October, when gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base...
Sahel: Almost half million people displaced in Niger
Niamey, Oct 24, 2019 - The number of refugees and internally displaced people in Niger now stands at more than...
Sahel: Southern Niger hurt by border closure with Nigeria
Dan Issa, Niger, Oct 23, 2019 (by Boureima Hama) - "Nothing crosses into Nigeria and nothing comes out. It's...
Sahel: Floods continue to wreck havoc on Niger
Niamey, Oct 20, 2019 - Floods in southeast Niger have forced 23,000 people to flee their homes since early October,...
Sahel: Conflict with Jihadists expands to southwest Niger
Niamey, Oct 7, 2019 - Two soldiers were killed and five others wounded in a "terrorist" attack in southwest Niger, a...
Sahel: France wants to drag Europe into a conflict with no endgame
France has begun asking its European partners to send special forces to Mali and other Sahel nations in Africa, to...
Sahel: Destruction and escalating death toll in flooded Niger
Deadly floods across Niger have left 57 people dead and affected more than 130,000 since they began in June, according...
Sahel: Kidnappings intensify in southeast Niger
Niamey, Sept 5, 2019 - At least 66 civilians were kidnapped in July in southeastern Niger near the border with Nigeria...
Sahel: Rainy season hits Niger hard
Niamey, Sept 4, 2019 (By Boureima Hama) - "That's it, time to go!" As a rising swell of muddy water creeps towards...
Sahel: Boko Haram attacks village in Gueskerou, Nigeria, dozen killed
Niamey, Aug 24, 2019 - A night raid blamed on Boko Haram has left a dozen villagers dead in southeastern Niger on the...
Sahel: Lake Chad nations want $100 million to fight global warming
Niamey, July 19, 2019 - The four countries bordering Lake Chad on Friday launched a fund aimed at collecting $100...
Sahel: Boat capsizes in Niger’s Goulbi River, kills 11 passengers
July 11, 2019 - Eleven people drowned Thursday when their boat capsized on a river in central Niger, the governor of...
Sahel: 18 insurgents killed in Niger’s Tongo Tongo area over a ten-day campaign
Niamey, June 20, 2019 - Eighteen members of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara were killed in a joint operation...
Sahel: IED hits US military vehicle near Ouallam, Niger
Washington, June 9, 2019 - A US military vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Niger, site of a deadly...
Niger Republic facing a Boko Haram onslaught
Comment by Arezki Daoud | 3 June 2019: Niger has now become the focal point of Boko Haram, plunging the Sahel into a...
Chaos and insecurity in the Sahel
May 25, 2019 - Jihadists are scoring gains in the Sahel, defying efforts by five countries in the fragile region to...
Sahel: Death toll in ambush on Niger soldiers increases to 28
Update: May 17, 2019 (AFP) - The Islamic State group Thursday claimed an ambush on an army patrol in Niger that killed...
Sahel: Another ambush in Niger claims at least 17 soldiers
May 15, 2019 - Gunmen killed 17 Niger soldiers in an ambush near the border with Mali, a security source said...
Niger: Niger says it foiled terror attack on prison near capital
Niger: Death toll in oil tanker explosion in Niamey reaches 58
Sahel: Boko Haram targets Niger’s Diffa region in new attacks
Niamey, April 10, 2019 - Several people have been taken hostage and a policeman killed in an attack by Boko Haram...
Sahel: Three Nigerian poachers arrested in Niger with massive haul
Niamey, March 17, 2019 (AFP) - Three Nigerian poachers were arrested in Niger with a massive haul of slaughtered game...
Sahel: Niger-Boko Haram conflict intensifies, scores killed in Diffa
Niamey, March 13, 2019 - Niger said Wednesday it had killed 33 Boko Haram "terrorists" and seized vehicles and...
Sahel: Bacteria infection kills thousands of donkeys in Niger
Niamey, March 1, 2019 - A contagious bacterial infection known as "equine strep throat" has killed more than 4,000...
Sahel: Expect more Danish soldiers in the Sahel
Copenhagen, Feb 28, 2019 - Denmark announced Thursday that it plans to send materiel and some troops to Africa to help...
Sahel: Growing concern over impact of climate change on the Sahel
Niamey, Feb 25, 2019 - Leaders of 17 countries on the rim of the Sahel began talks on Monday on a nearly $400-billion...
Niger: Suspected Jihadis strike in southwest Niger, kill three
Feb 13, 2019 - Two policemen and a civilian were killed on Wednesday in a village in remote southwestern Niger, a...
Niger: US military to help Niger confront Boko Haram incursions and attacks
Niamey, Feb 4, 2019 - The United States turned over a communications and operations centre to the Niger army on Monday...
Niger: Boko Haram attacks Boso, kills four
Niamey, Jan 29, 2019 - Boko Haram militants have shot dead at least four people in a town in Niger near the border...
Violence escalates in the Sahel, surge of communal conflicts
The North Africa Journal - May 31, 2018: Violence in Mali continues to escalate, making dozens of deaths, including...