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People in the Sahel region and across West Africa, one of the most unequal and impoverished parts of the world, are enduring a severe hunger crisis. Recent rainy seasons have featured long dry spells ...

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...

Since 2005, the Sahel remains again and again weakened by ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 400 news and information items daily from ...

Security in the Sahel, one of the world's most dynamic regions ... where extremist groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP (Islamic State - West Africa Province) have established strongholds and severely ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

The UNOWAS mandate and its reporting are critical given the immense challenges faced by the people of West Africa and the Sahel,” said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield.

Stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, Africa’s Sahel region is experiencing security problems and surging anti-Western sentiment that could prove an opportunity for China ...