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Niger Turns to Local Self-Defense Units to Contain Growing Insecurity
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West Africa: Jihadist Attacks Intensify in Northern Benin Amid Cross-Border Insurgency Pressure
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Desert Locusts Stir Fresh Worries in North-West Africa
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Mali Army, Russian Allies Accused of Executing Civilians Near Mauritania Border
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Niger: Armed Attacks Target Military Bases in Tahoua
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Irregular Migration to Spain Falls Sharply in 2025 With Decline in Atlantic Crossings
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How the US Intervention in Venezuela is Reviving Global South Fears of Power Politics
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Burkina Faso Faces New Security Tensions Amid Coup Allegations
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Sahel: Conflict in Sahel spills over Togo with thousands of displaced by violence
Sahel: Rights watchdog urges independent probe into Chad deaths
Sahel: Deadly year for northern Mali
Sahel: US concerned about worsening crisis in Mali, blames Russia’s Wagner Group
Burkina Faso announces new government
Burkina Faso's new government on Wednesday declared its top priority would be to secure the nation's territory, after...
Sahel: Insurgents strike in Banibangou Niger, kill dozen civilians
Environment: Sahel region crippled by torrential rains and deadly floods
Sahel: 50 civilians killed in anti-junta protests in Chad
Sahel: Unstable Sahel creates new opportunities for insurgent groups
Burkina Faso coup leader Ibrahim Traore crows himself country’s president
Sahel: Record death toll from floods in Niger
Sahel: Concerned about Russia’s presence in the Sahel, US warns Burkina Faso’s new junta
Burkina Faso: As regime in Ouagadougou collapsed last week, terror attack claimed 37 lives up north
Sahel: Russia courting nation of Mali with free fertilizer
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Malian junta leader Assimi Goita Tuesday that he wanted to donate to Mali...
Sahel: Anti-France protestors brandish Russian flags in Ouagadougou
By Armel Baily and Amaury Hauchard: Several dozen protestors waving Russian flags rallied in Burkina Faso's capital...
Sahel: Russian plane to be delivered to Mali crashes near Gao, pilot killed
A Russian pilot died Tuesday when a plane that Russia had recently delivered to Mali's armed forces crashed near the...
Burkina Faso: Deposed junta leader Colonel Damiba steps down, flees to Togo
By Olympia de Maismont with Pierre Donadieu in Abidjan: Burkina Faso's junta leader agreed to step down on Sunday,...
Sahel: Burkina Faso coup leader removed by another coup
Sahel: Regime in Chad abandons path to democracy, junta leader Deby seeks perpetual reign
Sahel: Herder-farmer violence claims dozen lives in Chad’s central region
Sahel: Uncertainty in Ouagadougou as Burkina Faso descends into chaos
By Olympia de Maismont with Pierre Donadieu in Abidjan: Shots rang out before dawn on Friday around Burkina Faso's...
Environment: Severe floods wreck havoc on West African agriculture
Sahel: Relentless insurgent attacks continue in Burkina Faso
Sahel: Growing pressure on Mali to release detained soldiers from Ivory Coast
The Sahel is in permanent state of climate shock, the world’s most vulnerable to extreme droughts, floods and heatwaves
Sahel: Jihadists ambush patrol in Oursi, Burkina Faso, kill eight troops
Sahel: Chad’s Foreign Minister Zene Cherif resigns for being sidelined in peace talks
Sahel: Germany suspends reconnaissance patrols in Mali due to inability to get flyover right
Sahel: More than 150 dead in Niger rainy season floods
Sahel: Row between Mali and Ivory Coast intensifies
Sahel: Chad’s peace negotiations resume after rebel chief Erdimi was released by Egypt
Sahel: Senior Mali army officer admits defeat, calls for evacuation of part of the north
Mali: In the absence of institutional security in Kidal, the Tuaregs are in charge
Sahel: 50 migrants rescued in Niger desert
A total of 50 West African migrants, including women and children, were rescued in the desert in northern Niger near...
Sahel: Burkina Faso defense chief fired as the destabilization of Burkina Faso continues
Burkina Faso junta chief Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took power in a January coup, has sacked...
Sahel: Attack on army unit in Deou, Burkina Faso claims two troops and Jihadists
Two soldiers died and a dozen "terrorists" were killed on Monday during an attack against a military detachment in...