The Fulani people are Africa's largest pastoralist group. There are between 25 million and 40 million Fulani people across 17 ...

Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from ...

Algeria continues to spark tensions among Sahel countries, especially Mali, which accused Algeria of shooting down a ...

MOSCOW - Russia has committed to helping military governments in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger acquire arms and training for a ...

Join presenter, Chioma, for an introduction to the physical geography of the continent of Africa, from the Sahara Desert in the north, to the Cape region in the south. Join presenter, Chioma, as she ...

Relations between Algeria and the military alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have plunged to historic lows as the two ...

Rida Lyammouri, a Sahel expert at the Morocco-based Policy Center for the New South, said the shooting down of the drone — rather than issuing a warning — reflected simmering frustrations.

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s relations with Algeria deteriorated amid series of coups and strengthened Russian ties.

Mali denies the drone crossed the border, and the three-country bloc — the Alliance of Sahel States or AES — called the downing an “irresponsible act” that violated international law.

The West African nations, run by juntas that have taken power in coups in recent years, have formed a body known as the Alliance of Sahel States ... region south of the Sahara since it first ...